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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.
Category: Virology
Even though XMRV has joined the choir invisible (rather than the list of human pathogens), scientists all over the world have still been publishing on it. Some of these studies were started before XMRVs demise, some were initiated to figure...
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Category: Virology
'HAART-like' therapy for HepC actually might work
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Category: Virology
One shitty virus ruins a cruise trip. But better to ruin someones holiday than crash the medical system of the Falkland Islands.
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Category: Virology
Thanks to the illegal transport and sale of bushmeat, the next pandemic might be *from* Africa, but *start* in Miami.
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Category: Virology
For the millionth time-- Viruses are not just pathogens that make us sick. In the modern world, viruses have been domesticated, and are now used to treat/cure diseases. Example #gazillion: Hemophilia B
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Category: Virology
Publish findings and create weapon for terrorists, or bury findings and wait for Nature to make a weapon we are unprepared for?
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Category: Virology
Whos an oogie woogie fuzzie muggin? YOURE AN OOGIE WOOGIE FUZZIE MUGGIN! YES YOU IS! YOU IS A FUZZY MEGAVIRUS!
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Category: Virology
Viruses in your poo today. Viruses treating your cancer tomorrow?
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Category: Virology
File this under "Maybe Nifty, Maybe Nothing"-- A couple decades ago, scientists found a compound in the liver of sharks that turned out to be anti-cancer and anti-microbial-- squalamine. Though its not the most popular component of the 'SHARKS DONT...
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Category: Cancer
A treatment for cancer. Scientists are crazy, and its saving lives :)
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