Dr Virus and M. Hyde
Jean Crépu
2006 - 52 min - Betacam - France

Associated with the most terrible diseases and epidemics threatening the whole humanity, viruses are in bad repute, but can they only be assimilated to evil ? Indeed, some viruses do not cause disease, could there be another face to the beast ?

It is all the story of this film which tells us how these micro-organisms remained unknown during a very long time gradually revealed their astonishing abilities and this time for the prosperity of our species. Today, we know that the world of viruses is closely related to our own evolution. About half of our genetic inheritance is composed of viral origins sequences.

Some viruses can be invaluable tools to treat genetic diseases or cancers. More surprising, a virus that we all hold in our genetic inheritance plays an essential role in the formation of the placenta.

The world of viruses is extraordinarily full of lessons and it is far from having revealed all its mysteries.