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A Marvellous Month of Infectious Science

Posted on 4 October 2013 by mmmbitesizescience

Cold weather helps to spread flu across the country A very cool new study from McMaster University researchers shows how weather patterns impact the spread of influenza A virus across Canada. Using outbreak data gathered over more than 13 years, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Immunology, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines, Viruses | Tagged antibodies, bacteria, emergence, influenza, pain, rice, rotavirus, speed, T cell, vaccine | Leave a comment

Clouds of decoy viruses help cure genetic disease

Posted on 19 July 2013 by mmmbitesizescience

The presence of foreign objects, like viruses, in our bloodstream is usually a bad thing. Evolution has created some extremely efficient immune cells that patrol the blood, seeking out material that should not be there, and shutting it down. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Disease, Genetics, Medicine, Microorganisms, Science, Viruses | Tagged AAV, antibodies, coagulation factor IX, courier, decoy, DNA, gene therapy, haemophilia B, shell, virus | Leave a comment

What makes the smallpox vaccine so great?

Posted on 19 January 2013 by mmmbitesizescience

Perhaps one of the most incredibly effective vaccines ever used, against smallpox, has completely eradicated a terribly nasty human disease. Yet the way in which vaccinia virus, the live poxvirus contained in the smallpox vaccine, actually orchestrates a protective immune … Continue reading →