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Hey. Here’s some links of articles on green tea. I do not want to copy the articles for fear of copyright but I summarized the article as follow:
A component of green tea, catechin, can stop influenza virus from replicating, inactivating the viruses, thus making green tea a remedy for influenza. Theaflavin (oxidesed form of catechin) found in black tea also helps in stopping influenza virus. Article also talk about catechin also aids in stopping HIV.
Link: http://www.green-tea.com/articles/12/1/Green-tea-fights-virus
Catechin can even stop HIV from binding to the CD4 T lymphocyte cells (white blood cells) due to a chemical called Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG).
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3257237.stm

Resident evil!

This is a trailer of Resident Evil: Degeneration. This movie is about a simple virus is genetically engineered with other viruses to form the highly contagious and mutagenic biological agent known as the T-Virus.
The T-virus is extremely deadly and can inject people with just a single bite from the infected people.

The Tyrant Virus, or t-Virus, is the main virus used by the terrorist, and is responsible for the creation of most of their biological weapons.

According to reports in the video, Dr. James Marcus succeeded in creating the Tyrant Virus at the Arklay Management Training Facility on December 4, 1978 through synthesis of the Progenitor virus and leech DNA. Through this synthesis, the photosensitivity of the early Progenitor strain was replaced with pyrosensitivity, a property that can be seen in most of the series' enemies.

The Tyrant Virus allegedly operates similarly to most other viruses, but also has the abilities to animate dead tissue, to substantially mutate its host, and to infect nearly any tissue in any type of host. It animates dead tissue by killing and replacing any mitochondria in infected cells, and then combining with these cells to produce enough energy for motor and lower brain functions. By doing this, most of the body's systems, such as the circulatory or respiratory systems, are made redundant. However, this process has the drawback of severe necrosis in the host, and produces the distinctive rotted appearance of most biological weapons. The mutations are produced when the virus incorporates itself into the host's RNA and considerably alters it. Creatures with genetic structures different than humans generally show less severe mutations, and usually only increase in size.

As a side effect of the virus' consumption of its host, specifically its digestion of the host's frontal lobes, all hosts suffer from greatly increased aggression. The virus also damages the hypothalamus, which results in a flood of neurotransmitters, enzymes, and hormones which induce a psychopathic rage and hunger in the host.

The Daylight is the only t-Virus vaccine, but must be taken before transformation. The non-canon Live-action film series also present a preventative vaccine known simply as the Anti-Virus, which must be taken within several hours after the initial infection. In Resident Evil, it is revealed that if the Anti-Virus is taken too late, the T-virus will cause it to be rejected.

What will happen to the people when the viruses are in the hands of the terrorist? The human race might be wiped out due to the deadly characteristic of the T-virus. Will this happen in the future? Watch this movie and pray hard that this is fiction…

By Amas goh