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About Viruses
===About Viruses===
: '''Viruses''' are made from a strand of [[DNA]] or [[RNA]] and a [[Protein Sheath|protein sheath]].
: '''Viruses''' cannot reproduce outside a [[host]] [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] so they are not considered to be [[alive]].
: When a '''virus''' comes in contact with a target [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] it attaches itself to the [[Cell Membrane|cell membrane]] and then injects its [[DNA]] (or [[RNA]]) into the [[Cell (Biology)|cell]]. Once this is done the [[DNA]] causes the [[Cell (Biology)|cell]] to start making copies of the [[virus]]. When millions of copies have been made they burst out, killing the [[Cell (Biology)|cell]]. These millions of [[virus]]es can then go on to [[infection|infect]] other [[Cell (Biology)|cells]].