Porcine epidemic diarrhea arrived in the United States in the spring of 2013. The disease, caused by a coronavirus, was first identified in the United Kingdom in 1971, and has subsequently spread throughout Europe and Asia. The disease is a concern for the swine industry because it is associated with high case fatality ratios in …
An epidemic of porcine diarrhea in North America Read More »
Viruses inspire many different types of art, but I was unaware of the number of people who make viruses out of fiber! On This Week in Virology #266 we heard from Emily who had knitted a dengue virus pillow (photograph at left). The next week on TWiV #267 we heard from Carolyn who had knitted …
En esta clase revisaremos como se sintetizan los pre-RNA mensajeros a partir de sus templados de DNA, y como los pre-mRNA se convierten a mRNAs maduros mediante splicing, poliadenilación, y su exportación del núcleo al citoplasma celular.
Three years ago today, on 13 January 2011, the last case of poliomyelitis was reported in India. This achievement represents a remarkable turnaround for a country where control of the disease had for years been extremely difficult. As recently as 2009 there were 741 confirmed cases of polio caused by wild-type virus in India. Being …
At LORiOLA you will find hand sculpted glass beads and jewelry by Lori Flanders. As pointed out by artist Michelle Banks, some of Lori’s necklaces appear to be made with virus particles, as you can see in the photograph to the left. That necklace is called ‘infectious‘. I asked Lori whether she drew inspiration from …
Neuraminidase is one of three different viral proteins embedded in the lipid membrane of influenza virus (NA is blue in the illustration at left). This enzyme has a clear and proven role in virus release from cells. NA is also believed to be important during virus entry, by degrading the mucus barrier of the respiratory …
Cutting through mucus with the influenza virus neuraminidase Read More »
