The virus, the vector and the microbiome
The virus, the vector and the microbiome If it has a digestive tract, it has microbiota Despite their often-negative billing as disease-causing germs, gut-living microbes are now recognized as a virtual “organ”. In anything with a digestive tract–from the tiniest...
Agent VP882, Licence to Kill
Replicate and destroy or hold fire?Viruses hijack host cells, which they force to produce thousands of identical copies of the original virus. Often, this forced-labor destroys the host cell, which is broken open (lysed), freeing the viral progeny to find and...
A(nother) systems-level approach against viruses
Dengue and Zika, why it’s good to compareDengue and Zika viruses have much in common. Both are vector-borne (mosquitoes) flaviviruses, they have similar life cycles, and we lack an effective vaccine against either. Nevertheless, dengue and Zika infections cause...
Virus diagnostics: the sandwich fingerprint
The importance of diagnostic for deadly infectious diseases, particularly in resource-deprived settings, cannot be understated. Diagnostic is most important to determine the type and level of medical intervention required, particularly for diseases where onset...Page 21 of 33