Zinc and the common cold
…the common cold can be caused by a number of different viruses, including rhinovirus, coronavirus, influenza virus, adenovirus, and paramyxovirus. Rhinoviruses are responsible for over half of all common colds….
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The wall of polio
…plaque assay. The plaque assay is one of the most important procedures in virology for measuring the virus titer €“ the concentration of viruses in a sample. This technique was…
Shelves and mentors
When I became Peter Palese’s first Ph.D. student in 1976, his laboratory at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York City was in dire need of shelves. The laboratory…
Trial by Error, Continued: Is PACE a Case of Research Misconduct?
…the biopsychosocial school of thought. So it is ridiculous and, let’s be frank, blatantly dishonest for U.S. public health officials to now insist that the PACE-branded treatments they recommend have…
Trial By Error: MEGA’s Latest Failure
…Tuesday, so please send me back any comments by Sunday evening, California time. Here are my questions: Are there specific shortcomings in the proposal that the MRC reviewers highlighted? Or…
Trial By Error: More on the CDC; Reader’s Digest; and BBC’s Newsbeat
…stretching exercises for just a few minutes a day. Gradually increasing the intensity of your exercise over time may help reduce your hypersensitivity to exercise, just like allergy shots gradually…