Zinc supplements for severe childhood pneumonia
Category: Microbiology
More woo, or a way to save some childrens lives?
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Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. She also studies epigenetic control of ERVs.
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Black Death not initiated by a plasmid OR a moron? Turns out it *we* were the morons!
Category: Microbiology
I think I would prefer it was caused by a bacteriophage moron, rather than human ignorance and bad luck :-/
Posted by ERV at 12:00 PM • 38 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Black Death not initiated by a plasmid? My money is on a moron.
Category: Microbiology
Its always a phage.
Posted by ERV at 12:00 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
'A dubious diagnosis'
Category: Skepticism/Critical Thinking
Trine Tsouderos takes on another woo giant-- Chronic Lyme Disease
Posted by ERV at 12:00 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HuffPo FAIL boat: Salmonella edition
Category: Microbiology
Me: HAI GUYS! U NEED TO EAT GUD FUDS LIKE EGGS! EGGS ARE GUD AND CHEEP! LOL! YAY EAT EGGS U GET ABS LIKE ABS LOL! News: Salmonella outbreak in eggs, Massive recalls Me: FUUUUUUUUUU...... News: lol. But thats not...
Posted by ERV at 2:00 PM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Genes + Virus + Timing = CRAP!!: Crohns Disease and Noroviruses
Category: Microbiology
Thanks to BleachGate, this is probably the first time many of you all in the Skeptical Community have heard about Crohns Disease (SPOILER: kid with Chrons gets booted from a 'support' forum for speaking out against woo-'treatments'). Crohns is an...
Posted by ERV at 3:00 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Not seeing the forest through the trees: Microbiomes and Obesity
Category: Microbiology
A study on 29 kids turned into a media train-wreck.
Posted by ERV at 3:00 PM • 51 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Viruses are going to save our butts.
Category: Microbiology
Literally. Phage therapy for enteric bacterial infections.
Posted by ERV at 11:45 AM • 34 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Microbiology and Abortion
Category: Microbiology
Clostridium sordellii-- A black-box bacteria.
Posted by ERV at 11:30 AM • 90 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Infectious Molecular Clones
Category: Microbiology
Astute ERV readers have noticed a couple of odd things about my research. 1- How the hell am I cutting and pasting bits of a retroviral (RNA) genome together? 2- How the hell do I have a (seemingly) endless supply...
Posted by ERV at 10:45 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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