“It used to be thought that only a certain kind of virus could get into our genome and it's called a retrovirus and that's a virus that might be HIV for example.” KindMightUsedCertainExampleUsed To BeVirusesHivGenome Author:Carl Zimmer
“The only kinds of ways we have to deal with viruses are old school, so vaccines for example are very effective, but the first vaccines were invented in the 1700's, so we're talking about technology that is over 200 years-old.” WayYearsFirstsKindSchoolDealsTalkingTechnologyExampleVirusesVaccinesOld School Author:Carl Zimmer
“The reason that viruses are so hard to fight, the reason for example we need a flu virus every year is that they evolve very fast.” NeedsYearsHardReasonFightingExampleEvolveVirusesFlu Author:Carl Zimmer