Is an effective treatment for the common cold at hand?
…that a rhinovirus vaccine would not likely be made. I cannot see how this new study identified a new or better target for therapeutic intervention. So why get the public…
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A retrovirus is invading the Koala genome
…to further decreases in this dwindling population. Should a KoRV vaccine developed to prevent extinction? Development and testing of a vaccine would require the use of koalas. It’s a difficult…
TWiV 122: More fun than a monkey full of viruses
…Science Picks Welkin – Supramap Dickson – Science issue on visualizing data Rich – Doonesbury weighs in on vaccines and autism Alan – US National Vaccine Plan Vincent – US…
Should smallpox virus be destroyed?
…this year. For further information on this topic, there is an editorial in Vaccine entitled “Why not destroy remaining smallpox virus stocks“, and a WHO review on smallpox research. During…
Happy as a clam? Maybe not.
…of shellfish harvested from polluted waters have not been uncommon. Despite development of an effective vaccine against hepatitis A virus, it continues to be a serious disease worldwide. In developing…
Virology at the Deutsches Museum
…fascinated. Here is the text associated with the iron lung. Very well done. Next to the iron lung was a glass case containing a package of poliovirus vaccine: Here is…