Why soap works so well on most viruses

Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by angel_rs on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:46AM (#22558023)

The boundary between "life" and "not life" has some fascinating organisms/structures[0]:

  Virions
  Viroids
  Satellites
  Prions
  Defective interfering particles (DIPs)

I would also add t-RNA[1] to that list. It can almost replicate by itself, and sits right in the middle between "data" (DNA/RNA) and "code" (a small machine that can selectively hold an amino acid)

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_classification#Subviral_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_RNA

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by exabrial on Thursday March 12, 2020 @11:50AM (#22558062)

Prions are the things of nightmares. Good god, I wish I never read up on them.

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Re:Why soap works so well on most viruses by djtriptych on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:17PM (#22558361)

They're the strange matter of the biological world :)

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