"From the way your transporters have been described, aye. They do seem to work similarily." Don't ask him to explain it, he's no McKay. "The Stargate has a wee bit extra distance to it."

He smiles slightly, perhaps a bit wistfully. "Aye, we've learned a lot... but there's still plenty we don't know." And a frown. "That nanovirus, for example. It was specifically designed to target and kill humans. There are plenty of other examples of Ancient technology on Atlantis that do the same."

Like, say, a device that creates exploding tumours.