u/DoomkingBalerdroch

My female kitten is about 8 m.o., spayed at 4 m.o., fully healed by now.

She has pimples with pus on her chin. She's a very active cat. I thought it might be due to hormonal changes, but she's spayed. Should I book an appointment or will this pass without need of drainage?

I would share photos but it seems they're not allowed here.

Hello everyone,

I'm currently writing up my MSc thesis and regret not selecting virology as my elective course.

I'm working with BV2 microglia which, as I've read, were created initially by infecting primary murine microglia with the J2 v-raf/v-myc retrovirus.

As far as I understand viruses (except maybe a few like phages) fuse with the host's cell membrane and release their genetic material for reverse transcription. However, won't such a process eventually kill host cells, as part of the natural lifecycle of the virus? And if it doesn't end up causing cell membrane lysis, doesn't that mean that the host has successfully identified and marked the viral RNA for degradation?

Thanks in advance!