Andy, You should try plain text, much easier to read. Regarding viruses and bacteria. A virus is an entity which has the sole purpose of replication. It may contain DNA or RNA which is the template upon which replication is founded. A virus will release its DNA/RNA into the cytoplasm of a host cell where the normal cellular building processes will use it as a code or template for the manufacture of the protein parts of which the virus is composed. When the time is right, the many copies of the protein parts will self assemble into complete viruses and leave the host cell, often taking a part of the cells own membrane as a coating. Infected cells are often destroyed in this manner, and the local immune response is often overwhelmed or even a target of viral infection. When the immune system is compromised, opportunistic bacterial infection may take hold (those bacteria which would, in the uncompromised host, normally be destroyed by the immune system as a matter of course). A bacterial infection can quite often include toxins exuded by it, usually as a defence against attack, which often are toxic to the host.
Colloidal silver is quite toxic to most bacteria, and may even render some toxins benign, also silver may be toxic to viruses, through various mechanisms which might include an expression of greater numbers of white blood cells (invigorating the immune system), direct oxidation of the virus or bonding to certain viral proteins projecting from the viral coat and tagging it for disposal by the immune cells or rendering certain viral processes inoperable. Hope this helps your understanding of the matter a little. Regards Ivan. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 16 December 2002 8:18 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Virus Hi Marshall, When people catch a cold from a virus, it often turns into bronchitis or pneumonia (bacterial infections). We also know that certain viruses such as hepatitis can cause cancer. I suggested that a virus might cause bacteria toxins to form in the lymphatic system. CS might kill the bacteria but not the virus. Also, a virus is not limited to DNA, it can also attach itself to a single stranded RNA. I just threw this out there for discussion but I will probably be punished for it <grin>. Best wishes, Andy Scott From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>Virus Where you get the idea that viruses can produce bacteria? A virus is a small piece of DNA, a bacteria is a full organism with a cell wall and contains dozens of dna strands. Where would all the information come from to produce the other dna strands even if this were possible? Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
