Combatants of the virus-triggered warfare are not just vaccines and its makers but also nations
Inside the dark caverns of the human body, a war is on. Nano-sized, silent and invisible to the naked eye, but brutal and singularly cunning. A viral predator is planning to storm the body’s citadels: the cells. Covert operations are underway. The virus is undulating its spikes, like balloons on a string. Each spike is coated with sugar—the primordial molecule—to trick the cells into believing what’s landing is safe. The camouflage works: cells pop open. Even the powerful soldiers of the body’s immune system miss the malignant presence. With the potent protein of its spikes, the vir...
Source: newindianexpress.com