As depicted by the diagram, the virus can manipulate the immune pathways, drawing cells near, then chemically change them into a stem cell or leave them as they are, bonding them into a gland by momentarily permeating the cell wall, then hardening it, or by releasing cellulose from the cell through conversion of glucose.
The Virus binds a harmless chemical marker into the chromosomal telomere, deep enough to signify age.
Activated by the chemical marker, the gland shreds one cell to release the components to create another, or activates division in a cell by releasing enough cell division activators (foxo3 among others including that which is present in mitosis) to create a new cell to replace the age claimed cell, thus keeping the body's cell number level, and the body young.