Nature’s solutions: Garlic
“For, let me tell you, he is known everywhere that men have been as a thing that is not of God… garlic is a charm; it is amongst the best things we have.” — Professor Van Helsing, in Bram Stoker’s Dracula Garlic keeps vampires at bay, and there’s...
3D cell culture: Revolutionizing how we study health and disease
Imagine studying a city from a flat map – you’re missing the depth, the real interactions. Now imagine walking through its streets. That’s the kind of impact 3D cell culture is making for in vitro cell biology. The Origins of 3D Cell Culture For decades, 2D...
Unveiling the Viral Structure: The Capsid
What does a spiral staircase have in common with a tobacco plant virus? A spiral staircase is an example of helical symmetry, where a shape repeats as it twists and moves along a spiral path. A spiral staircase is efficient because it maximizes space, allowing for...
Virology through numbers: Converting TCID50 to IU
In this blog series, we will explore the mathematics of virology, sharing insights that reveal new dimensions in our results and guide us from awareness to creativity. In the first of the series, we looked at the plaque assay and the TCID50 assay – the two main...Page 1 of 29