What you always wanted to know about viruses

Posted on April 30, 2009 by balintblaszlo

Considering that swine flu is here everywhere and many became interested in viruses, I compiled here a few videos that might give you an update about viruses, virology, vaccine production and how a vaccine acts. Feedback and questions are welcome at balintblaszlo(at)labtutorials(dot)org Regards, Balint. Where are the swine flu cases? See actual status here or [...]

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Bird flu solved, swine flu arrived!

Posted on April 29, 2009 by balintblaszlo

The bird flu solved by vaccines, now comes the swine flu. Pandemics shaped the human population in past and probably in future. One of the most destructive influenza pandemics in the last century was the Spanish Flu which caused the death of 25-40 million people. More info about the pandemics here. The very last thread [...]

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Interview with Howard Wolinsky the US correspondent of EMBO Reports

Posted on April 29, 2009 by balintblaszlo

Dear All, In this changing world we all feel the pressure to find novel ways to increase our efficiency and impact. Recently I just came in contact with Howard Wolinsky a freelancer scientific and medical journalist. The way how Howard changed the pace of his work seems to reflect the “flat world” paradigm. We will [...]

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PCR or the Polymerase Chain Reaction

Posted on April 12, 2009 by balintblaszlo

When I first heard about the Polymerase Chain Reaction my first association was with the atomic bomb chain reaction. You know probably from your studies: the labile Uranium if receives a neutron it transformed to a stable Uranium isotope while several new neutrons are released. If these newly release neutrons meet novel labile Uranium atoms [...]

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Restriction Enzyme Resources

Posted on April 6, 2009 by balintblaszlo

Dear Colleagues, Sometimes it is good to have links that cover a topic. This is why I have collected here a bunch of links that might be useful for you in your work. You can have a good description of the methods used in restriction enzyme analysis here: Methodbook.net If you would like to use restriction [...]

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