Molecular-sized gears and wheels,
Atom-scale sprockets and pins;
Ever so tiny machines congeal,
Advance technology to cover past sins.
Assembling micromachines into useful things,
Bestowing upon them intelligence;
Reproductive ability makes them zing,
Swarming to task in great numbers.
Someday you will get a shot,
Faithful servants go to work;
Cleaning arteries, dissolving clots,
Repairing organ with a quirk.
Brave new world of Nanotech,
Wonders and miracles untold;
However, best we do not forget,
Potential disasters could unfold --
Trillions of tiny eaters turned loose,
Could really cook Society's goose!
Where do viruses, such as Ebola and HIV, come from and why they are so aggressive? This book changed tenets of evolutionary virology, developing the concepts of aggressive symbiosis and plague culling, which explain much of the horror of plague virus