[	Tags	|	adenovirus	]
[	Current Mood	|	creative	]

Viruses are fascinating and smart organisms. The virus that has fascinated and intrigued me for quite a long time is -Adenovirus- a meduim sized, non enveloped icosahedralvirus that normally resides in the respiratory systemin humans and animals.

These intriguing creatures have captivated the human mind for a long time, especially the way they gain entry into the host, roam around in the cell;, multiply themselves, get out of it and either kill it or render cell a virus making factory. Interesting is the way they work – like a – cell has no choice but to assist the intruder and let him do what they want. They have all the insider information before attack. How they get this information and where they store it in their 90-100nm body is still an enigma scientists trying to explore. One possible explanation for this can be the millions of years of co-evolution with their host. How this information guides the adenovirus to follow the preprogrammed one by one step that is stringently regulated in both space and time, fascinated me to take the current project. Hopefully you will find some most interesting facts about these lovely creatures soon. How we fool them is going to be a big fight…lets see who comes out to be winner…Man or Virus?