Congress fails on Zika virus
…do the right thing with respect to Zika virus. Even if the virus does not spread within the continental United States, this country has an obligation to be a leader…
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Now playing: Viral plaque formation
One of the most important procedures in virology is measuring the virus titer €“ the concentration of viruses in a sample. A widely used approach for determining the quantity of…
Therapeutic teamwork: Coupling oncolytic viruses with immunotherapy to destroy tumor cells
…of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) directly into these tumor sites. Newcastle disease virus is an avian virus that is non-pathogenic in humans and capable of inducing a robust immune response….
A PhD Lab Coat Ceremony
The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai recently conducted the first PhD Lab Coat Ceremony in New York City. I was honored…
Thirty years of infectious enthusiasm
…on cloning complete genomes from pathogenic viruses in bacterial plasmid vectors had just been lifted. Consequently David suggested that I construct a full-length DNA copy of the poliovirus RNA genome,…
A zero time point is essential
…these recombinant viruses were assessed in two experimental systems. ACE2 transgenic mice were inoculated with the recombinant viruses to assess their pathogenic potential, by measuring weight loss. The results (figure…