Sloppy copying makes deadlier viruses.

Australasian Business Intelligence, December, 2005

Byline: Debora MacKenzie

Dec 13, 2005 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Viruses that make mistakes when they copy their DNA or RNA are more dangerous than other viruses. The RNA polymerase enzymes are particularly prone to making copying mistakes. A team of scientists at the

University of California, US, led by Raul Andino, showed experimentally that viruses that have different characteristics are more ...