Significant Moments: "What Is It That Motivated You to Write a Blog?"

Like any good DNA, . . .
Peter Radetsky, The Invisible Invaders: The Story of the Emerging Age of Viruses.
. . . the viral genes . . .
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
. . . may transcribe messenger RNA, which travels back into the cytoplasm, some of it directing the cells' ribosomes to manufacture new viral proteins, some of it becoming enveloped by the emerging viruses to form their new cores of RNA. Or the integrated viral DNA may exert its influence upon the cellular genome and cause the cell to reproduce aberrantly, erratically, uncontrollably, thereby transforming it into a . . .
Peter Radetsky, The Invisible Invaders: The Story of the Emerging Age of Viruses.
. . . malignant . . .
William Shakespeare, The Tempest.
. . . cell. Or the viral genes may do nothing at all, may simply lie low—for years, perhaps—safe and undetected within the heart of the cell, until prompted once again to become active and produce more viruses, or a transformed cell, or both. What causes the activation isn't always entirely clear. There are many retroviral mysteries to be unraveled.
Peter Radetsky, The Invisible Invaders: The Story of the Emerging Age of Viruses.
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U.S. Department of Justice:  You were lying low for years.  What is it that motivated you to write a blog?

Gary Freedman: What causes the activation isn't always entirely clear.