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New virus 10 times bigger than normal size...

New virus 10 times bigger than normal size...


New virus 10 times bigger than normal size

Could this virus have come from Mars? 


Scientists have found a new virus thought to be the biggest ever seen on Earth. 
The virus, dubbed Pandoravirus, is one micrometre big - up to ten times the size of other viruses - and only six per cent of its genes resemble anything seen on Earth before. 

This has led French researchers to believe the virus may have come from an ancient time or even another planet, such as Mars.[...]

However, they were in for more of a shock as only six per cent of its genes resembled genes seen before in other organisms on Earth.

Dr Claverie told NPR: ‘We believe that those new Pandoraviruses have emerged from a new ancestral cellular type that no longer exists.’

He went on to explain that it is possible that they have come from another planet, such as Mars. Keep on reading...

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