Another interesting study suggesting that giant viruses can control phototaxis in their hosts during infection
"Hijacking of internal calcium dynamics by intracellularly residing viral rhodopsins"
"... we show here that light irradiation reversibly modified tail movements of OLPVR1-expressing frog tadpoles."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44548-6
#viruses #GiantViruses #virology
Hijacking of internal calcium dynamics by intracellularly residing viral rhodopsins - Nature Communications
Rhodopsins are ubiquitous light-driven membrane proteins that have diverse functions in nature, and value as optogenetics tools.Nature
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in reply to Frank Aylward • • •The field of vi ro..lo..gy is about the same scientific level as the tooth fairy, the easter bunny, global warming, running your ice car on tap water, making gold from lead, pigs flying...100% fake science
....but..... it is useful in marketing campaigns helping big pharma to pedal stock........
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2023-06-06/short-history-virology
A Short History of Virology
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