Virus sao
Seres Vivos?
Vivos ou nao, os virus podem ter desempenhado
papel essencial na emergéncia das diferentes
formas de vida — isso, ao longo de toda a evolucao
Por Luis Villarreal
“N= de tomar antibidticos auromaticamente”,
‘martelow slurante bom tempo uma campanha
publicitéria francesa, do servigo de seguridade
social [que garante o seguro doenga], © slogan tenta passar a0
grande piblico uma idéia bastante simples: é verdade que 0s
fibi6ticos sio medicamentos titeis, mas. muitas vezes eles so
Prescritos sem motivo... Na realidade, essas moléculas
tunicamente sobre as bactérias, ¢ sio absolutamente ino
para virus causadores da maior parte das anginas, bronquites ¢
outras rinofaringites. Os muitos virus que prover
‘com reagiies que incluem o nariz-escorrendoe a garganta iritada
ssio desconhecidos, mais surpreendente ainda, eles confundem
préprios ciemtistas. Ainda hoje, qs bidlogos tém dificuldade
dle responder & pergunta: © que é wm virus?
Hiicerea de um século acomunidade Gentifca ven mudanio ines
‘santermente seu modo de encarar os virus. No inicio, considerados
‘como veneno, eles foram em seguicaassimilados a Formas de wida,
depois a subscincias bioquimicas;agora,os virologistasoscolocain no
limite entre vivo eo inert. Os virus nose replicam sem ajuda das
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