Swine flu is caused by a virus. Viruses are incredibly small particles of organic matter that has the capacity to interact with various components of life systems. What they essentially do is hijack parts of the genetic machinery of a living cell and use it to replicate aspects of themselves often taking it over and destroying it in the process.
Till this day nobody knows what viruses really are. What are their true origins? How did they evolve? Are they living or are they just dead particles? Even though they haven’t got the machinery to reproduce and haven’t got the apparatus to metabolize materials to create energy, they still strangely have the ability to integrate themselves with life systems.
The swine flu virus itself is globular in shape. Its outer coat is composed of the plasma membrane that it ‘steals’ from the cells it attacks. Within its core is its genetic blueprint that is composed of RNA. This blueprint contains all the information that makes the bits and pieces (which are mostly proteins) that causes all the damage.
For more information:
http://www.swine-flu-facts.org/
http://www.swine-flu-facts.info/
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