Not all viruses are RNA viruses – but this is an intelligent question.
Most viruses insert a message that says "make more of me"
- – more viral particles.
The DNA damage of malignancies turns off the cellular control mechanisms that tell cells to stop dividing – so cells divide / reproduce without control as you say.
The differences is reproduction of cells vs reproduction of viral particles.
There are over 26,000 genes in the human genome.
Damage to each one has different consequences.
Nothing is simple in the human body, and it gets more complicated each year as brilliant researchers unravel the mechanisms of function associated with each gene.
There are some very smart people on this site who can explain this in much more elaborate detail if they see this question. Good question. You are thinking.
That’s what I ask of my students first and foremost – think.
There are viruses associated with some human malignancies.
I think we will find more of these in the future.
January 25th, 2010 at 10:39 pm
Not all viruses are RNA viruses – but this is an intelligent question.
Most viruses insert a message that says "make more of me"
- – more viral particles.
The DNA damage of malignancies turns off the cellular control mechanisms that tell cells to stop dividing – so cells divide / reproduce without control as you say.
The differences is reproduction of cells vs reproduction of viral particles.
There are over 26,000 genes in the human genome.
Damage to each one has different consequences.
Nothing is simple in the human body, and it gets more complicated each year as brilliant researchers unravel the mechanisms of function associated with each gene.
There are some very smart people on this site who can explain this in much more elaborate detail if they see this question. Good question. You are thinking.
That’s what I ask of my students first and foremost – think.
There are viruses associated with some human malignancies.
I think we will find more of these in the future.