Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier, and Richard Kessin
Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Richard Kessin talk about Lujo virus, a new arenavirus, influenza, WHO rewriting pandemic rules, adjuvants, and a brief history of microbiology.
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Links for this episode:
Lujo virus, a new arenavirus
Is CDC too optimistic about influenza?
WHO to rewrite pandemic rules
Adjuvant at wikipedia
Avery, MacLeod, McCarty 50th anniversary (pdf)
Pasteur’s swan-neck flask
Broth was placed in a flask, boiled, and the neck was heated and drawn out. The broth was open to the air, but remained sterile as long as microbe-containing dust collected in the neck and did not reach the liquid.
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A Quick look at wikipedia.org shows three animals that were domesticated from Africa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication these are the Donkey, Sub-Saharan Cow, and the Guineafowl. There are some original sources listed on that page.
Thanks for that information. Good thing we are not 'This Week in Animals'.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:30 AM,
Thanks for that information. Good thing we are not 'This Week in Animals'.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 3:30 AM,
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