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The Enemies Of The System

a very interesting method: it uses the nucleic acids of its host cell and con-
verts its RNA into DNA by means of an enzyme called "the reverse tran-
scriptase", meaning it will reverse the process. Then it places this DNA in
the DNA found in the nucleus of its host cell. The inheritance material of
the virus has now become the inheritance material of the T cell. As the cell
multiplies, so does the HIV virus. The cell starts to work as a factory for

the virus. But invading a single cell does not satisfy the HIV virus. It will
eventually attempt to seize the whole body.
Then the fourth stage comes. The initial HIV virus and others want
to leave their host cells and invade other cells to facilitate their extraordi-
nary proliferation. They do not expend much effort in doing so. Every-
thing takes place at a natural pace. The membrane of the invaded T cells
cannot tolerate the pressure of the multiplication process, and is riddled
with holes, allowing the HIV viruses to get out of the cell to seek alterna-

tive hosts. As the HIV virus increases in number, it also kills its host T cell.
The successful HIV virus has now completely seized the human
body. Unless mankind succeeds in discovering an effective cure to beat

A healthy T cell.(left)
A T cell that has been destroyed by the enemy (the AIDS virus) and now possesses a
round and softened profile.(right) These images are magnified more than 3000 times.