Jun 28, 2010

I LIVE AMBIVALENT

My southern apartment after renovation. I painted walls, living room floor and put in new floor in the rest of the apartment. I also re-painted and -dressed some of the furniture inherited from my parents. I was in a pastel kind of mood during the -05ies. (oops, annoying pillows don't match, only sort of temporary)
My Romanian heritage.
 The color purple.

DAVID'S SON HAR LEI (Rumänsk valuta)

Can you describe herpes with three words?
I act schizofrenically.
I apply pulse.
I live ambivalent.
I move indecisively.

RESEARCH

Book tip of the day:
How Pathogenic Viruses work   - found on shelf in the office


Review Macrophages and cytokines in the early defence against herpes simplex virus - S. Ellermann-Eriksen:

HSV-1 and HSV-2 are old viruses, with a history of evolution shared with humans.
Thus, it is generally well-adapted viruses (thus), infecting many of us without doing much harm,
and with the capacity of hiding in our neurons for life. No harm.

Normally, the primary HSV infection is asymptomatic, and a crucial element (HSV infection or asymptomatic HSV infection?) in the early restriction of virus replication (asymptomatic infection crucial to restriction of virus replication by immune system - macrophages, cytokines, NK cells, nitric oxide?) and thus (thus?) avoidance of symptoms (avoidance - aha) from the infection is the concerted action of different arms of the innate immune response.

HSV infection is asymptomatic normally. Innate immune system arranges actions to make herpes infection asymptomatic, which benefits both host and virus. Virus and host - we live in forced symbiosis. Moderate is better (lagom är bäst)? There are multiple heros in the united universe, which exists.

Virus infection or innate immune system. I am confused. I need to think more.