Viruses and generic disorders and genetic engineering
1) Viruses and the color of the skin
In the beginning, I must say that viruses might be only one reason for our phenotype. Viruses are transferring genetic material between species, and that thing causes that our genetic material is chancing all the time. So when we are thinking about things like the color of the skin, we might think that the reason, why people have different skin colors is some kind of virus, what was infected skin cells, and that caused death for some people.
So when the genomes of the skin transformed to resist that kind of viruses, that caused that the color of the skin has changed. Or some other thing caused that in certain areas natural selection started to favor certain skin color. But something caused that in some areas the natural selection caused that people had certain skin color. Was the reason for that some kind of viruses or environmental effects is unknown.
The thing is that there are many other things than just viruses, which are causing changes in genetic material. And that means that also the environment would affect things like resistance against UV-radiation or some kind of viruses.
So when we are thinking about viruses everything, what is connecting or other ways affect the genetic material of species is somehow dangerous. And this is the thing, that we must realize when we are creating things like genetic engineering.
2) Viruses and genetic disorders.
In this text genetic disorder mean the thing, what is caused because of the genetic anomaly in the genetic material. Those anomalies are the differences, that are different from the majority. Those anomalies could be:
A) Favorable like a high level of intelligence
B) Neutral like the color of the eyes
C) Negative like a sociopath or some genetic disease.
Some people are saying that Albert Einstein is one of the best examples of a favorable anomaly in genetics. And there is introduced an idea that somebody would clone that person, but in fact, we must realize that if we want to create new Einstein, we must copy also growing and the living environment of that person. And also give the same education in a similar social and economic environment, where Albert Einstein was getting his education and where that man was growing.
Viruses cause sometimes genetic disorders if they are connecting in a certain part of the DNA, and the researchers have also thought that retroviruses can cause cancer if they are connecting their genome in the genetic sequence, which controls the death of the cell. If the cell doesn't die, it's genetic material would be damaged, and it would lose its ability to accomplish its mission inside the body.
And sooner or later it would lose the ability to control its dividing, what makes it cancer. As we know the virus connects itself to the genome of the animals or some other "higher organisms" like bacillus and bacteria. But there have been introduced idea, what is one of the scariest things in the history of genetics.
3) Use the cells to produce artificial viruses and DNA bites for bio- and nanotechnology
When we are thinking about the DNA-bites, what is created for use as the tool for nanotechnology, we must realize that the form of those DNA bites is really important. In nanotechnology, DNA-bites are used as miniaturized tools, and that means that the form must be kept in the same every time, but how we could make sure that the form of the DNA-bites id always the same?
The answer is simple: just replace the genome of the cell by using the genome of the virus. That thing would keep the genomes of the viruses clean from other genomes. The cell itself cannot create its descendants, because in that case, the orders to copy the cell organs have been gone, but the cell can work as the factory for those tools, which are the most interesting and fascinating in the world.
What if the virus would be transferred in the place of the genome of some cell? If the genetic material in the nucleus of the cell would be replaced by the genetic material of the virus, that would give a chance to return some species, what died off back to life. The idea of this kind of really dangerous hypothetical test is that the virus would retain its genetic purity, and that cell can be used to create new viruses, which is keeping a certain form.
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