Cold Virus Found to Manipulate Genes

According to this article, it's not the virus itself, but HRV's ability to manipulate your genes that is the true cause of some of the most annoying cold symptoms. Researchers have shown that HRV hijacks many of your genes and causes an overblown immune repsonse that ends up with your nose being overblown.


http://www.biology-online.org/articles/cold-virus-manipulate-genes.html