Virology
Virologists, start your poliovirus destruction!
By Vincent Racaniello
I have worked on poliovirus for over thirty-six years, first as a posdoctoral fellow with David Baltimore in 1979, and then in my laboratory at Columbia University. The end of that research commences this year with the destruction of my stocks of polioviruses. In 2015 there were 70 reported cases ...
Trial By Error, Continued: Did the PACE Trial Really Prove that Graded Exercise Is Safe?
By Vincent Racaniello
By Julie Rehmeyer and David Tuller, DrPH Julie Rehmeyer is a journalist and Ted Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellow at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who has written extensively about ME/CFS. David Tuller is academic coordinator of the concurrent masters degree program in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. Joining me for this ...
Trial By Error, Continued: Questions for Dr. White and his PACE Colleagues
By Vincent Racaniello
By David Tuller, DrPH David Tuller is academic coordinator of the concurrent masters degree program in public health and journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. I have been seeking answers from the PACE researchers for more than a year. At the end of this post, I have included the ...
TWiV 370: Ten out of 15
By Vincent Racaniello
On episode #370 of the science show This Week in Virology, the TWiVomics review ten captivating virology stories from 2015. You can find TWiV #370 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
TWiV 369: Camel runny noses and other JNK
By Vincent Racaniello
On the latest episode of the science show This Week in Virology, a swarm of virologists discusses testing of a MERS coronavirus vaccine for camels, and how a neuronal stress pathway reactivates herpes simplex virus. You can find TWiV #369 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.