Not all cells get infected by viruses. They have preference for cells that have components that help them to finish their life cycle, spread, and avoid detection.
Viruses are like programmed robots. You have to consider what they're programmed to do: Replicate and spread by any means necessary. So they take from their environment, turn things on and off in a cell to avoid detection, all kinds of things... some viruses can cause cancer but not all viruses do.
If you're a fan of terrain theory (which btw thanks for that - not really taught in grad school), then you're gonna wanna understand how the immune system responds to a virus. Germ vs terrain theories are saying viruses cause disease vs the state of the immune system causes disease. Both are true. There are virus mediated pathologies and immune mediated pathologies to various degrees on a cellular, tissue, and system level.
Its pretty complicated. Have you got 5 years? Lol...
No, cells don't become the virus.
Not all cells get infected by viruses. They have preference for cells that have components that help them to finish their life cycle, spread, and avoid detection.
Viruses are like programmed robots. You have to consider what they're programmed to do: Replicate and spread by any means necessary. So they take from their environment, turn things on and off in a cell to avoid detection, all kinds of things... some viruses can cause cancer but not all viruses do.
If you're a fan of terrain theory (which btw thanks for that - not really taught in grad school), then you're gonna wanna understand how the immune system responds to a virus. Germ vs terrain theories are saying viruses cause disease vs the state of the immune system causes disease. Both are true. There are virus mediated pathologies and immune mediated pathologies to various degrees on a cellular, tissue, and system level.
Its pretty complicated. Have you got 5 years? Lol...