The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic could have been prevented
…through human phase I trials, and stockpiled for the next pandemic. But there was no money to support such work – neither in the halls of big Pharma or forthcoming…
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Encouraging clinical data for universal flu vaccine candidate
by Helen Stillwell The results from a phase I clinical trial to test the safety and immunogenicity of a universal flu vaccine candidate reported encouraging results €“ strong titers of…
Offit on vaccines and autism
…prevent microbial contamination. The results of several large epidemiological studies found no connection between autism and thimerosal. Nevertheless, the preservative was removed from most childhood vaccines – probably an error,…
Prevalence of human polyomaviruses
…JCV, 15% for LPV, 55% for KIV, 69% for WUV, and 25 and 42% for two different MCV strains. The sampling error is plus or minus 1%. Seroprevalence of these…
Animation of influenza virus replication
…spread of a new, mutated virus”. It is visually appealing but contains at least one error. If you think you know what it is, post it in the comments below….
The quasispecies concept
…of a large number of different individual sequences. This variation, which is a consequence of the error prone nature of viral replication, has since been confirmed using other viral systems….