Virology: Some viruses use fats to penetrate a cell

SV40 viruses use an amazing means of communication, in order to be able to penetrate into a cell: fats, whose structure must fit like a key in a lock. ... SV40 is not the only pathogen, which gains entry to cells via multi-lipid connections. This route is also taken by bacterial toxins, such as ... the cholera toxin or mouse polyomavirus.

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The amazing HeLa cells of Henrietta Lacks

One of the most widely used continuous cell lines for virology is the HeLa cell line, which was derived in 1951 from Henrietta Lacks. What is the origin of this amazing cell line? In early 1951, Ms. Lacks, a 31-year old mother of five children, was...

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Swine Flu may have Escaped from a Laboratory

In my opinion this topic of H1N1 being manmade would deserve more attention in the media. In the Finnish press I have seen only one small news in the paper Ilta-Sanomat. It was on 28th of November 2009. Ilta-Sanomat stated that the claim by Gibbs was made in Virology Journal and was co-written with John S. Armstrong and Jean Downie.

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PhD position in molecular virology, Switzerland

A PhD position is available at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, to study parvovirus-cell interactions. We are looking for a

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