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See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Where are the 104 human cases reported so far and where might the virus go next? See on www.nature.com

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca This may be a uniquely UK centric blog post but I suspect not.  Let me start with a brief story.  Sat with a coffee in...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Think about the type of animal that would make an ideal host for a virus. It would gather … See on phenomena.nationalgeographic.com

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca This week is ‘World Immunisation Week’, which aims to promote vaccinations, particularly amongst the 22 million infants which are not protected with routine immunisations. See...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are central to protein synthesis and impact translational speed and fidelity by their abundance. Here we examine the extent to which viruses...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Helminth is a nonphylogenetic term that refers to multicellular animals (or metazoans) that have adopted a parasitic lifestyle in mammalian hosts. They are more commonly...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca It is generally thought that viruses require the cytoskeleton during their replication cycle. However, recent experiments in our laboratory with rubella virus, a member of...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Poxvirus expression vectors were described in 1982 and quickly became widely used for vaccine development as well as research in numerous fields. Advantages of the...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Bacteriophages are viruses of bacteria that are used for controlling bacterial food-borne pathogens and have been proposed for more extensive usage in infection control. Protists...

See on Scoop.it – Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Smallpox decimated humanity for thousands of years before being eradicated by vaccination, a success facilitated by the fact that humans are the only host of...