Do you think so? McKay states on several occasions that the replicates probably created the nanovirus (Ep: Progeny comes to mind but he also says it again when Todd tells them that the replicators have started to annihilate human worlds). I never saw them as being one in the same, in terms of the nanovirus being the nanites that eventually interlocked to form the Asurans. I don't know why the ancients would direct the nanites to kill humans - seems pretty dark for them..?
Correct, the immune system recognises antigens (some of which are proteins and enzymes) and in doing so can discriminate self from non-self. It does recognises novel pathogens all the time though, otherwise it wouldn't be very effective. I do get what your saying though - I've been thinking about them in terms of what we know but obviously the Ancients could create one that wouldn't illicit an immune response. Your microbiome idea is very interesting. Delivering it to them inside of a seemingly harmless bacterium? How do you imagine it would affect their systems? Just like the "cancer" it caused of Todd's ship?
Correct, the immune system recognises antigens (some of which are proteins and enzymes) and in doing so can discriminate self from non-self. It does recognises novel pathogens all the time though, otherwise it wouldn't be very effective. I do get what your saying though - I've been thinking about them in terms of what we know but obviously the Ancients could create one that wouldn't illicit an immune response. Your microbiome idea is very interesting. Delivering it to them inside of a seemingly harmless bacterium? How do you imagine it would affect their systems? Just like the "cancer" it caused of Todd's ship?
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