Category: Microbiology
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Black Death: The Upside to Killing Half of Europe
Once again, the adage, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” turns out to be accurate.
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Why We Shouldn’t Completely Destroy Smallpox
We might need it someday.
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A Possible Cure for Ebola Virus Infection?
New antiviral holds great potential for curing the nightmarish hemorrhagic fever.
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30,000-Year-Old Virus Revived, Infects Amoeba
After poking around in the Siberian permafrost, a team of French and Russian scientists have reported the discovery of a third giant amoeba-infecting virus.
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How Does the Plague Kill People?
Every year, about seven Americans come down with plague. Yes, that plague, the one known as Black Death and which wiped out about one-third of Europe’s population in the mid-1300s.
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Microbial Warfare: Anthrax Assassin
A DEAD zebra in the open savannah of Namibia’s Etosha National Park would be an off-putting encounter for most people. But for Holly Ganz of the University of California, Davis and an international team of researchers, the striped ungulate’s carcass reeked of opportunity. Read the rest at The Economist.
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Sit Down. We Need to Talk About Norovirus
Be thankful you live a country that has good medical care.
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Which Bacteria Decompose Your Bloated Body?
This experiment wasted two perfectly good corpses.
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Why Good Wine Tastes Like Buttery Popcorn
Because of diacetyl.
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My PhD dissertation: The intersection of bacterial pathogenesis and immunology
My research shed light on how bacteria can manipulate our immune system, and it has potential applications in vaccine development.