It has been found that exist a virus that attacks a parasitic bacterium which infects insects and spiders. When the scientists studied its genome they founded many chunks of animal DNA, among these chunks was found a gene that produced latrotoxin. Latrotoxin is a protein which is very characteristic from a spider family, the Black widows. This virus uses the protein to punch holes through cell membrane and reach its prey.
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While I was reading this article I thought that I would be a huge threat this virus. If it can destroy cell membranes, it can surpass any type of inmunological defenses, and that frightens me and every person that may have read the whole article.
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