arsenal of dangerous molecules

[GoodTaste]

I understand "arsenal of dangerous molecules" as "arsenal of dangerous molecules (from our body)." Am I correct?

The problem is that the virus apparently has its own arsenal of risky molecules, too. It makes it hard to distinguish which is which.


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Now, as the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surges, researchers are scrambling to uncover as much as possible about the biology of the latest coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2. A profile of the killer is already emerging. Scientists are learning that the virus has evolved an array of adaptations that make it much more lethal than the other coronaviruses humanity has met so far. Unlike close relatives, SARS-CoV-2 can readily attack human cells at multiple points, with the lungs and the throat being the main targets. Once inside the body, the virus makes use of a diverse arsenal of dangerous molecules. And genetic evidence suggests that it has been hiding out in nature possibly for decades.

-from Nature 04 MAY 2020
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01315-7

 

[jutfrank]

What makes you think the virus has its own arsenal?

 

[GoodTaste]

At least using its own RNA molecules as a template.

 

[Skrej]

No, the arsenal of dangerous molecules belongs solely to the virus. The rest of the article and even the beginning of that very paragraph discusses some of the "weapons" that the virus has (one being its adaptability).