https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/ Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/#comment-508851 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:25:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/#comment-508851 Flu is -ssRNA, so the “pink molecule” (01:37) also has to come from the virus (it is the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and a molecule of that needs to be packed into each new virus particle).

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/#comment-508850 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:11:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/#comment-508850 That was neat. Since most virus escape preliminary defenses
I would have liked it if they had gone into more detail about how your cells have recognize then produce a specific system for eliminating that particular virus and how long it takes.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/#comment-508849 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:55:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/06/how-a-virus-invades-your-body-1/#comment-508849 That was neat! Thanks for sharing that. I learned that white blood cells are slurpy.

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