| From: | Hairy Smurf <ab130f92@*******.adelphi.edu> |
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| Subject: | Re: Doom form Shadowtech |
| Date: | Fri, 10 May 1996 13:04:59 -0400 (EDT) |
>|Question for any medical types out there. What is the size ratio between
>|anti-bodies and viruses? If they are about the same size, and we can pick up
>|viruses from anything the it would be possible to pick up doom from a
card. No?
>
>Doom is an Antibody. not a virus. A few million antibodies could fit onto a
>virus.
>Antibodies do not replicate, so you can't "catch" them.
>They are merely enzymes designed to lock on to certain protiens and
>interfere with bacerial and viral reproduction.
>(They also act as markers for white cells, saying "Hey, Attack this!")
>--
>|Andrew Halliwell
But if the antibodies are smaller they could pass through the musac
membranes of the body. Replicating this not relevant. If the object is
covered in doom and give to the target the only limiting factor is how long
the antibody is viable outside the human body.
Sasquatch
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