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2007 Findings

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On episode #66 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Dickson continue virology 101 with a discussion of information flow from RNA to DNA, a process known as reverse transcription, ... Read More

Bigthink.com has posted a 45 minute panel discussion on swine flu and the next pandemic. Moderator and editorial chairman for Bigthink.com, Paul Hoffman prefaces the discussion by saying:

"The reason we are here today is of course to di... Read More

Don’t Get Caught Dirty Handed (2003)

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Vincent and Dick classify parasites according to whether or not they are transmitted by a vector, then consider the implications of long-lived parasites.

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La transferencia horizontal de genes

Las bacterias pueden adquirir nuevos genes a través de un proceso conocido como “transferencia horizontal de genes”. Las células pueden c... Read More

Los temas que vamos a tratar esta semana son: plásmidos, estructuras productoras de esporas (“fruiting bodies”), sociomicrobiología, y el acto de lavarse las manos en las diferentes culturas.

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Los temas que vamos a tratar esta semana son:  atracción electrostática, controlar el poder de los virus, combustible de chocolate e insectos que se automedican.

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On episode 61 of the podcast "This Week in Virology", Vincent and Dick muse about the symbiotic bacterium,Wolbachia, that protects flies from viral infection, the origin of 2009 influenza H1N1... Read More

Entrada: el virus y los murciélagos, identificando a la neumonía, terapia  contra la influenza, y la teoría de germen de la enfermedad.                                                                ... Read More

A continuación: infecciones de la piel resistentes a los antibióticos, el bicho de las hamburguesas, prediciendo los brotes de enfermedades con satélites, y reduciendo las infecciones adquiridas en el h... Read More

For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible.

The vaccine cut the risk of becoming infected with HI... Read More

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) continues to be a major cause of hospital-acquired infections, and these infections can often be difficult and expensive to treat.  One strategy to reduce MRSA infection rates in the healthcare setting is the screening of patients for nasal or t... Read More

A continuación: biodiesel, microbios nucleares, mini-células de combustible energizadas por microbios, y etanol celulósico.

Biodiesel

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On episode #63 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about US government contract for freeze-dried smallpox vaccine, red squirrels in the UK threatened by poxvirus... Read More

A continuación: El aceite de maíz y el combustible biodiesel; la obtención de hidrógeno via biogas; y las aguas negras de alcantarilla: matando los arrecifes coralinos.

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Animals are now picking up human diseases, possibly as a result of globalisation, a study suggests.

Researchers from the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh said a strain of bacteria had jumped from humans to chickens.

The team believes the Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria crossed between species ... Read More

A TWiV panel of five considers the finding of Streptococcus pneumoniae in fatal H1N1 cases in Argentina, hysteria in the Ukraine over pandemic influenza, and human vaccinia infection after con... Read More

Evolutionary biologist Paul Ewald discusses germs. Why are some more harmful than others? How could we make the harmful ones benign? Searching for answers, he examines diarrhea. Read More

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. Their findings are described in the November 15 issue of Nature Methods Advanced Online Publication.

When bacteria enter our bodies they secrete molecules, lea... Read More