Viruses: As mediators in “ Élan vital ” of the “creative” evolution

Artuso, María Carolina; Roldan, Julieta Suyay; Scolaro, Luis Alberto; Carlucci, María Josefina

doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.10.028

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“…Some of these functions are also being verified in terrestrial ecosystems [31]. Up to 80% of the genetic sequences of marine and terrestrial viruses are not known in any animal or plant organism [32,33]. The amount, not only of "genes but of fundamental proteins in eukaryotic organisms (especially multicellular) acquired from viruses would be endless [34,35,36,37,38,39], although on occasions, the discoverers themselves, led by the Darwinian interpretation, consider them to appear mysteriously (at random) in eukaryotes and acquired by viruses [40] those who accuse them of being hijackers "," flavors "or" imitators " [36] without taking into account that viruses in the free state are absolutely inert and that it is the cell that uses and activates the components of viruses [41].…”

Section: "Virus" Pathological Agent or Fundamental Agent Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

The omnipresent power of the invisible: From viruses to being conscious

Ma¹,

Cs²,

Mj³

2021

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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According to Mayan cosmology, the law of time is represented as the energy factored by time equals to art. Time is a form of biological information. Time in-forms life, in such a way that life forms processes time as information and externalize it specific forms into the three-dimensional world, then time is the principle ordering of life. Indeed, everything in the natural order of the cosmos is beauty and harmony. All life forms on planet earth have their phases of morphological development, this is real even in the social structure of communities of living beings that also may have an aesthetic or artistic quality. This form and measurements of all things constitutes the entire or holistic order of the universe. So, if life is it nothing more than better-informed matter, where does this information come from? Socrates and Platon held that nothing in nature and in the world can be explained by random or chance, as Democritus would have argued, that nature creations occur because they have a Purpose. According to Platon, the natural world is a designer’s result demiurge or a universal consciousness that sets everything in the best possible place. So, if there is a start point where intelligence creates order, where there is order, there is purpose so; what is the purpose then? This work tends to give an answer and show a different perspective of living, studying and understanding (micro)biological phenomena in order to become conscious and assume that Nature is infinitely more powerful than us, the Whole is more than the sum of parts, we are part of it.

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Section: "Virus" Pathological Agent or Fundamental Agent Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

The omnipresent power of the invisible: From viruses to being conscious

Ma¹,

Cs²,

Mj³

2021

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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“…The viruses also have a separate ecosystem, viral ecosystem, because of the interaction between them . Collectively, the authors have categorized the virus‐virus interaction in three main groups: direct virus‐virus interaction that leads to gene exchange and alteration in their evolution, indirect interaction that results from host environment changes, and immunological interaction that leads to cross reactivity in immunoresponses …”

Section: Virus‐virus Interaction and Pathogenesis Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Human evolution has strongly affected by infectious agents, and among them, viruses as a biological entity have played a vital role in human evolution . Viruses have evolved along with their hosts, but because of their short generation times and large population sizes, viruses have the fastest evolution on the planet Earth .…”

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Viral ecosystem: An epidemiological hypothesis

Mirahmadizadeh

Yaghobi

Soleimanian

2019

Reviews in Medical Virology

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Summary Viruses are incomplete elements that require other organisms to survive and multiply, hence constantly mutate during its evolution, resulting from adaptations in response to environmental changes such as the immune response of the host. In this line, they are responsible for many diseases, but today, there is evidence that viruses have many benefits and even have a unique ecosystem to control the different species or strain of themselves. While highlighting the benefits of some viruses and the undesirable effects of their eradication, the present review expresses the idea of the viral ecosystem and its importance, which has been supported in several studies. There are countless articles about virus‐related illnesses and the undesirable effects of therapeutic interventions in eliminating the less pathogenic viruses or manipulating viral ecosystems. By simulating the viral ecosystem with an ecosystem found among the snakes, it can be assumed that the viruses have concentric zones, which its inner zone includes the most dangerous viruses for humans and each zone is surrounded and controlled by an outer zone of less dangerous viruses for humans. The outermost zone consists of viruses that are least dangerous to humans such as common cold that protect humans and possibly other living organisms against more dangerous viruses in inner zone, causing the activation of immune system by playing a unique and pivotal role in the ecosystems. Therefore, manipulating the ecosystem and disrupting the balance might have epidemics and harmful consequences for the plants, animals, and human.

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“…At the molecular level, we can consider that CGNs has vibrational resonances compatible with HSV virions that favor the stabilization-adaptation between the polymer and the viral glycoproteins. CGNs bio-mimicked with cellular receptors, targets for glycoproteins interaction [13,14]. The binding of HSV to the cell involves glycoproteins gC, gB and gD whereas gB, gH and gL participate in the fusion process between viral and cell membranes [15].…”

Section: Biomimicry System and Viral Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Viral musicality in harmony with nature

Theaux¹,

Scolaro²,

Carlucci³

2019

Biol Med

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In this manuscript we describe a biological system that deals with herpes simplex virus in the context of an in vitro infection in the presence of carrageenan, from a novel point of view by comparing our system to the Ligeti's symphonic poem of 100 metronomes. Metronomes (from ancient Greek μέτρον-métron, "measure" and νέμω-némo, "I manage", "I lead"), as a measuring instrument of "tempo" links us with the viral replication cycle to define, through sound, a metaphorical construction of life (as vibration and movement, impermanence and constant change). The changes detected in viral populations, in time and space, in a similar way to the artistically experienced in Ligeti's symphonic poem enable us a trans disciplinary view, creating networks of cooperation that favor the renewal of the conceptual bases of biology enriching our perception and understanding of the biology and evolution of viruses.

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Viruses: As mediators in “ Élan vital ” of the “creative” evolution

Cited by 7 publications

References 76 publications

The omnipresent power of the invisible: From viruses to being conscious

The omnipresent power of the invisible: From viruses to being conscious

Viral ecosystem: An epidemiological hypothesis

Viral musicality in harmony with nature

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