This Isn’t the Petition Response You’re Looking For
…that can be exploited by a one-man starship? But the real reason for posting this interesting item on virology blog is that Shawcross brings it back to science: We are…
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Be curious
During my visit to the University of Vermont today I had lunch with seven talented Microbiology Ph.D. students. One of them asked me what was an important quality to have…
The risks and benefits of influenza H5N1 research
…on influenza H5N1 transmission did not make the virus more dangerous – they made it less dangerous for ferrets. How they affect the virus in humans is unknown. I suspect…
Human infections with influenza H5N1 virus: How many?
…argue that if the H5N1 serosurveys are flawed, then do them properly; it is incorrect to simply assume that the H5N1 virus is as lethal as WHO suggests. The World…
Did hepatitis C virus originate in horses?
About 2% of the world’s population is chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). This enveloped, positive-strand RNA virus was discovered in 1989, but serological and phylogenetic evidence indicates that…
Live from the Society for General Microbiology Conference in Manchester, UK
…question using the #sgmman hash tag or type it into the chat function of the video player. If you live elsewhere in the world, please use www.everytimezone.com, to calculate when…