The Living Cell and Influenza

This essay presents an alternative understanding of the cell, influenza and disease. Takingphysics as the trunk of the tree of science, it argues that the cytoplasm must be understoodas a gel of glycans and structured water, and that proteins are chassis with four components:amino acids, lipids, glycans and integrated RNA. RNA is not a transient messenger but apermanent structural component. Viruses are redefined as Type A proteins – communicationunits produced by the cell itself. Influenza is understood as a systemic cleansing – anintelligent solution which the body initiates when the internal load exceeds a protectivethreshold. The symptoms (fever, fatigue, loss of appetite) are the cleansing work itself.Treatment consists of supporting the body’s own energy production by supplying copper,B vitamins, Q10, carnitine, methylene blue and electrolytes. The essay concludes withan invitation to cross-disciplinarity: to re-establish the connection to physics as the firstcommon language.