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Offline DCPatriot

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Ebola, Simpler Than HIV Retrovirus, But Can Kill More Rapidly
« on: October 20, 2014, 05:39:06 pm »
October 20, 2014 -
Ebola, Simpler Than HIV Retrovirus,But Can Kill More Rapidly.



“Ebola is only a 7-gene ‘infectious particle (filovirus),’ so streamlined it isn’t
even a cell, isn’t even alive, can reduce a human body to a puddle, inner barriers
dissolving into nothingness, within days. How does Ebola virus, so much simpler
than influenza, simpler than HIV retrovirus, do it?”

- Ricki Lewis, Ph.D., Genetics Science Writer

http://www.earthfiles.com/news.php?ID=2248&category=Science
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Re: Ebola, Simpler Than HIV Retrovirus, But Can Kill More Rapidly
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2014, 10:58:36 pm »
The Ebola virus has 7 proteins in it.

Three of the seven are "known to man".

The other four are completely unknown, are unlike anything else...
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