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Microbe Talk: October 2016
The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) building in Boston is a high-tech facility for the study of emerging, and re-emerging, microbial diseases of humans and animals. The building, part of Boston University, is equipped up to Biosafety level 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, Podcast, Virology
Tagged Emerging Diseases, virology, viruses
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Do hand dryers spread viruses in public bathrooms?
Seeing someone leave a public toilet without washing their hands is enough to make your stomach turn, but how someone actually dries their hands also has important implications for public health, according to recent research from the University of Westminster. … Continue reading
New to Science: January 2015
Each month, the Society for General Microbiology publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are a few of the new species that have been discovered, and the places they’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged archaea, bacteria, microbiology, new species, species discovery, virology, viruses
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New to Science: October Edition
Each month, the Society for General Microbiology publishes the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, which details newly discovered species of bacteria, fungi and protists. Here are a few of the new species that have been discovered, and the places they’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged archaea, bacteria, cave, Cleanroom, Discovery, Kennedy Space Centre, microbiology, Romania, virology, viruses
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Viruses hijack cellular microRNAs for their own advantage
Post by Andras Donaszi-Ivanov, University of East Anglia Researchers have found that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can manipulate levels of regulatory genetic material, called microRNAs, in host cells, helping the virus suppress the immune response to aid its survival. This … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology
Tagged microbiology, microRNAs, pathogens, regulation, viruses
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The evolution of a diarrhoeal viral genome
Post by Rebecca Gladstone, University of Southampton Two billion cases of severe diarrhoea occur globally each year, representing the second leading cause of death in children under five years old, according to the World Health Organization. Diarrhoeal disease is both … Continue reading
Bats and their viral tenants
Post by Sruthi Raghavan, Freelance science writer Bats are an important natural reservoir of gammaretroviruses, a type of retrovirus. We all know that bats roost in trees, caves and even houses. But they seem to be oblivious to, and … Continue reading