Viruses inspire many different types of art, but I was unaware of the number of people who make viruses out of fiber! On This Week in Virology #266 we heard from Emily who had knitted a dengue virus pillow (photograph at left). The next week on TWiV #267 we heard ...

En esta clase revisaremos como se sintetizan los pre-RNA mensajeros a partir de sus templados de DNA, y como los pre-mRNA se convierten a mRNAs maduros mediante splicing, poliadenilación, y su exportación del núcleo al citoplasma celular.  

Image credit: Jason Roberts Three years ago today, on 13 January 2011, the last case of poliomyelitis was reported in India. This achievement represents a remarkable turnaround for a country where control of the disease had for years been extremely difficult. As recently as 2009 there were 741 confirmed cases ...

On episode #267 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich and Kathy review a protease essential for influenza pathogenesis in mice, and directionality of rhinovirus RNA exit from the capsid. You can find TWiV #267 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

At LORiOLA you will find hand sculpted glass beads and jewelry by Lori Flanders. As pointed out by artist Michelle Banks, some of Lori's necklaces appear to be made with virus particles, as you can see in the photograph to the left. That necklace is called 'infectious'. I asked Lori ...