…vaccines and antivirals. Vaccines work by priming the adaptive immune system against antigens in the virus from the preceding flu season (specifically, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase). They are, however, limited by…
…lists of ten virologists, which we’ll share on an upcoming TWiV. Making such lists stimulates valuable discussion about discoveries that set the future course of virology. It’s very much like…
…by murine leukemia virus (J Virol) What, how, when, where, and why of retroviral genome dimerization and packaging (PLoS Path) Virologist replaces Steve Jobs at Apple TWiV on Facebook Letters…
The mantle of world’s biggest virus has passed from Mimivirus to Megavirus. But in this case, size doesn’t matter. It’s the genes that these viruses share and do not share…
…terrorists. €¦the new virus€¦ought to be destroyed. The intent of the experiments was not to create a doomsday virus, but to answer questions about why the H5N1 virus transmits well…
Renowned influenza virologist Peter Palese has penned an opinion column for the science journal Nature in which he uses his experience in reconstructing the 1918 pandemic influenza virus strain to…
