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Virus is not the Latin word for “virus,” which means simply slimy liquid or poison. In the early twentieth century, viruses were referred to as infectious and filterable pathogens. However, that is just the RNA information within exosomes to be able to move in the twenty-first century. Even if the viral genome is DNA, a so-called DNA virus, viral transcript RNA is absolutely required for the production of viral proteins and the emergence of virulence. Viral RNA can be processed into viral microRNAs (miRNAs). Therefore, viruses are similar in their RNA genes in exosomes and are akin to miRNAs within exosomes in terms of RNA genetic information. In the future, as discussed in Chap. 8, the then-used term “virus” may disappear for carriers of miRNAs. In this chapter, because RNA viruses can produce miRNAs, “miRNA-like RNA” was not used. Again, viral miRNAs from RNA viruses are produced. Everyone knows that. miRNA entangling target sorting (METS)/miRNA quantum language and artificial intelligence (MIRAI) gave the answer.
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