Dear colleagues,
The use of bacteriophages in the fight against bacteria experiencing its renaissance.
Recently, I was surprised by the existence of virophages, which parasitize on their host (giant) DNA viruses ( Article Diversity, evolution, and classification of virophages uncov...
). Do you think, it would be possible (and efficient) to artificially construct a small "RNA virophage" to combat novel coronavirus or other RNA (or DNA) viruses?Illustrative figure source of Sputnik virophage inside a mamavirus capsid : https://arstechnica.com/science/2008/09/sputnik-the-virophage-the-parasite-of-a-giant-virus/
Thanks for your opinions
Martin
Possibility always are there but only big things are how to grab it. Required good methodology and equipped laboratory
Current crippling situation of world by a tiny virus (SARS-CoV-2) forced scientist to think out-of-box. As of now there is no safe and effective treatment available for same. With emerging evidences for Phage therapy other than that of bacterial infections like viruses and fungi created a ray of hope.
We must explore this new weapon for its potential.
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