Tangled Bank #72
Category: Blog carnivals
Slipped my mind that this was today, but check out what others have been blogging about in the latest edition of Tangled Bank at Ouroboros....
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. She also writes for The Panda's Thumb and previously for WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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Infectious Disease Series
January 31, 2007
Whereby Jon Wells is smacked down by an undergrad in the Yale Daily News
Category: General biology
I suppose everyone has someone who they consider an embarrassment to their alma mater. I can probably think of a dozen just off the top of my head regarding my undergraduate institution (including a number of politicians who shall remain...
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January 30, 2007
Influenza virologist Robert Webster stops by to talk shop
Category: General Epidemiology
Readers who are regulars at Effect Measure or Deltoid will be familiar with the opinions of attorney and author Michael Fumento. Fumento considers himself an avian flu "skeptic," and recently issued a "challenge" (the title, "My avian flu challenge to...
Posted by Tara C. Smith at 10:00 AM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2007
New Pediatrics Grand Rounds
Category: Blog carnivals
You can find it over at Unintelligent Design. Had a busy weekend and am teaching and in meetings today, but I'll have some new material up tomorrow....
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January 26, 2007
The dish that changed the world
Category: General biology
Speaking of microbiology basics, along comes an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune about the petri dish, a staple of microbiology labs everywhere: Before 1877, scientists exploring the nature and mechanics of microscopic life had a real problem. Bacteria...
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January 25, 2007
The Basics: Introduction to Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Category: General biology
Like most fields, microbiology is one filled with jargon. Many laymen don't even realize the differences between a bacterium and a virus, much less the smaller differences between, for example, a pathogenic versus a commensal organism. So, while I haven't...
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Measles deaths decrease again
Category: General Epidemiology
Measles deaths down 60 percent in six years Though we tend to think of measles as a mere childhood disease here in the U.S.--a nuisance more than anything--this is a reminder that worldwide, it's still a significant cause of morbidity...
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January 24, 2007
"Around here we call it Iraqibacter"
Category: Antibiotic resistance
Soldiers bring a deadly bacterium back from service in Iraq.
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January 23, 2007
Angola still suffering from cholera outbreak
As I described previously in this post, war and disease are inextricably intertwined: War and its concomitant devastation and social upheaval leaves its victims at an increased risk of disease transmission to begin with due to poor sanitation, collapse...
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January 22, 2007
For the *real* Star Wars nerds...
Category: Humor
An essential piece of trivia: what bacterium was named after a George Lucas invention? An investigator discovers a new bacterium that lives in the mitochondria in tick ova. Can you guess what Star Wars organisms they're named after?...
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