IC: Linda's Lab Notes
[The following is written in Linda's notebook.]
After examining subjects C and D--Galvin and Sherman-Townshend--and comparing their data with subjects A and B, it appears the antivirus has few drawbacks. It will be expensive to mass-produce, and it appparently temporarily suppresses the human immune system; more accurately, the immune system becomes so engaged in fighting off the weakened T-Virus that it leaves the patient vulnerable to other opportunistic infections. This is nothing that cannot be remedied with the use of a second, followup injection, perhaps two hours after vaccination.
Subjects A and B concern me a bit more. The reagent I used on David was experimental, and truthfully, I wasn't sure what it was going to do to him. He was close to succumbing to the virus when the reagent was administered, thus, he was stuck at a stage in the infection just before the final viral breakdown.
The results are interesting. There appears to have been a permanent and noteworthy metabolic shift. The subject favors a high-protein diet, but that hasn't broken previous habits, so the subject hadn't really noticed. He does eat a lot, though; in a given day, he consumes perhaps 200% of the appropriate amount for someone of his background, age, build, and habits. Some of this can be accounted for by a higher-than-normal cellular regeneration rate, though that's slowing down without the presence of the virus.
More worryingly, there are signs of... decay. Much of it can be mitigated by placing him on a diet high in antioxidants and flushing his system, to aid in the natural process of regeneration. He's gonna have some problems later on, though... looks like the T-Virus had begun to kill a few of his vital organs. He's at high risk of appendicitis, and his liver needs time to heal.
Subject B is the real find. She is infected with a fifth strain of the T-Virus, which I'll codename T5 just to keep things straight. T1 was the original strain; T2 is the nonairborne variety used in the construction of BOWs; T3 is an airborne variant that mutated into existence over the course of the Raccoon disaster; and T4 is a strictly mutagenic variant recovered from the corpses of several dead mutants.
T5, notably, appears to be a largely benign strain of the virus. This explains several things, such as the surviving STARS not succumbing to the virus or infecting other humans during their time in Raccoon City. The leading theory had been that Albert Wesker had slipped them an antidote to preserve his precious "combat data," but we may be able to abandon that in the light of this new discovery.
The T5 virus exists in a largely symbiotic state within its host, permeating the subject's blood and tissue cells. It aids the body's natural regenerative properties, combating decay and improving healing capabilities. Notably, healing speed does not increase, but pain tolerance does. The virus also makes healing a remarkably thorough process, inhibiting scarring. I'd go so far as to theorize that it might enable ordinarily irreparable damage to heal naturally, such as nerve cells.
Long-term effects are still a worrying question, though. In the meantime... I'm not sure what the antivirus would do to subject B. It could kill her.
After examining subjects C and D--Galvin and Sherman-Townshend--and comparing their data with subjects A and B, it appears the antivirus has few drawbacks. It will be expensive to mass-produce, and it appparently temporarily suppresses the human immune system; more accurately, the immune system becomes so engaged in fighting off the weakened T-Virus that it leaves the patient vulnerable to other opportunistic infections. This is nothing that cannot be remedied with the use of a second, followup injection, perhaps two hours after vaccination.
Subjects A and B concern me a bit more. The reagent I used on David was experimental, and truthfully, I wasn't sure what it was going to do to him. He was close to succumbing to the virus when the reagent was administered, thus, he was stuck at a stage in the infection just before the final viral breakdown.
The results are interesting. There appears to have been a permanent and noteworthy metabolic shift. The subject favors a high-protein diet, but that hasn't broken previous habits, so the subject hadn't really noticed. He does eat a lot, though; in a given day, he consumes perhaps 200% of the appropriate amount for someone of his background, age, build, and habits. Some of this can be accounted for by a higher-than-normal cellular regeneration rate, though that's slowing down without the presence of the virus.
More worryingly, there are signs of... decay. Much of it can be mitigated by placing him on a diet high in antioxidants and flushing his system, to aid in the natural process of regeneration. He's gonna have some problems later on, though... looks like the T-Virus had begun to kill a few of his vital organs. He's at high risk of appendicitis, and his liver needs time to heal.
Subject B is the real find. She is infected with a fifth strain of the T-Virus, which I'll codename T5 just to keep things straight. T1 was the original strain; T2 is the nonairborne variety used in the construction of BOWs; T3 is an airborne variant that mutated into existence over the course of the Raccoon disaster; and T4 is a strictly mutagenic variant recovered from the corpses of several dead mutants.
T5, notably, appears to be a largely benign strain of the virus. This explains several things, such as the surviving STARS not succumbing to the virus or infecting other humans during their time in Raccoon City. The leading theory had been that Albert Wesker had slipped them an antidote to preserve his precious "combat data," but we may be able to abandon that in the light of this new discovery.
The T5 virus exists in a largely symbiotic state within its host, permeating the subject's blood and tissue cells. It aids the body's natural regenerative properties, combating decay and improving healing capabilities. Notably, healing speed does not increase, but pain tolerance does. The virus also makes healing a remarkably thorough process, inhibiting scarring. I'd go so far as to theorize that it might enable ordinarily irreparable damage to heal naturally, such as nerve cells.
Long-term effects are still a worrying question, though. In the meantime... I'm not sure what the antivirus would do to subject B. It could kill her.