Some viruses end up attacking each other

Xinhua quoted a report by scientists from the Pasteur Research Institute (France), saying that some viruses can "bond" with each other, forming complex structures similar to the biofilms of bacteria. .

This structure increases viral transmission efficiency in the body.

The study showed that after TI's lymphocyte leukemia virus entered the cell, some virus located on the outside of the cell will combine with the same type of virus and form a structure similar to biofilm.

This structure is controlled by TI Lymphocyte virus during formation and activity based on the special material secreted by the cell.

TI Lymphocyte leukemia virus was discovered in 1980 and is the culprit causing many kinds of diseases. Scientists now know that this virus is only possible through contact between cells and cells in the body that can be spread.

According to scientists, the virus's membrane has a material that acts as a protective membrane. Because the protective membrane is even more 'bound', the cell-to-cell transmission efficiency of this Lymphocyte TI cancer is much higher than that of the single-state virus.

If the membrane of the virus on the surface of the infected cell is removed, the virus has lost 80% of its ability to transmit in the body. This suggests that the form of biofilm formation is important for the spread of this virus.

Researchers are trying to determine if other viruses can form this 'link' form. If this 'connection' is universal and conducive to the spread of the virus, then destroying this structure could become an important medical and therapeutic direction in the future. ./.