TWiV #53 - The ends justify the means
Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about Nobel prizes for telomere research, bacteriophages that protect aphids from wasps, salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality, and hand washing.
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- Bacteriophages encode toxins that\xa0protect aphids from wasps \n
- 14 year old dies after receiving HPV vaccine \n
- Salicylates and\xa0pandemic influenza mortality \n
- Canadian microbiologist says\xa0hand washing is not proven to prevent influenza \n
- Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for\xa0preventing influenza \n
- Americans unsure about receiving pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine \n
- DnaTube (thanks Jim!) \n
- Laboratory Director certification (pdf - thanks Megan!) \n
- Plant production of pharmaceuticals (pdf one and\xa0pdf two - thanks Ed!) \n
Alan scienceline
Dick Younger by Judith Sulzberger MD
Vincent FluView