Yes, I’m on Twitter- alandove: Another reason we need universal healthcare. @DrFriedenCDC "education & income ... keys to better health. Another reason to stay in school!"
- alandove: No, the Lexus with its lights on probably doesn't belong to anyone at this public health meeting.
- alandove: RT @stevesilberman: Taxes, spending and deficits are all lower today than when Obama took office. http://t.co/NGnJlr5l
- alandove: Good: Apple store next door to conference. Bad: they couldn't fix it either. Good: bought Bluetooth keyboard, now phone = laptop.
- alandove: @lhrandall Cool! I've been sitting about five rows back, end of row, house left. Will probably take same seat tomorrow.
- alandove: My new laptop. #oldschool http://t.co/UK1oPLAQ
- alandove: Just arrived in ATL to cover 2 conferences, and my brand new MacBook Air suddenly and completely croaked. No words for how much this sucks.
- alandove: The journey of a thousand miles should begin with an empty bladder.
- alandove: RT @profvrr: This Week in Virology (TWiV) episode 183 is up: Bats out of hell http://t.co/8ukXCDCq
- alandove: Plenty happens if you listen to HF radio frequencies. "We keep hearing about these ... sunspots and nothing happens!" @sciencegoddess
Tag Archives: mosquitoes
So Make the Blood Hotter
In the latest issue of PNAS, researchers report that drinking body-temperature blood causes mosquitoes to undergo a classic heat-shock response: The mosquito’s body temperature increases dramatically when it takes a blood meal from a warm-blooded, vertebrate host. By using the … Continue reading
Virologists Shouldn’t Bring Their Work Home
In a brilliantly titled Science Now story, Martin Enserink reports on a strange cluster of patients infected with an extremely odd virus: A U.S. vector biologist appears to have accidentally written virological history simply by having sex with his wife … Continue reading
Oxitec: Biotech Geniuses, PR Morons
British biotech company Oxitec is at it again: Some 6000 transgenic mosquitoes developed to help fight dengue were released in Malaysia on 21 December, according to a statement issued by the country’s Institute for Medical Research (IMR) in Kuala Lumpur … Continue reading
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Available Now, Apparently
Count me among those surprised by this: About a year ago, genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes were released into the wild—and they have been flying under the world’s radar screen until last week. On 11 November, British company Oxitec announced that … Continue reading
You’re Grounded, Girl
In a new twist on the elegant sterile insect technique, researchers have now made a strain of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes where the females can’t fly. As the accompanying press release explains: UCI researchers and colleagues from Oxitec Ltd. and the … Continue reading
Sterile Mosquitoes: The Next Big Antimalarial?
Catching up on some old news, I noticed that the November issue of the Malaria Journal has a supplement dedicated to the most elegant insecticide ever developed: the sterile insect technique (SIT). As the accompanying press release explains: SIT involves … Continue reading
Foreclosed Swimming Pools Attract Bottom-Feeders
Awhile back, I commented on the finding that abandoned swimming pools at foreclosed houses are producing a boom in mosquito-borne infections. Now, it seems, some Floridians have found a way to deal with at least one aspect of the abandoned … Continue reading
As If Foreclosure Weren’t Bad Enough
In the summer of 2007, the incidence of West Nile virus cases in Bakersfield, CA shot up 276%. Simultaneously, the rate of home foreclosures in the area went up 300%. The two numbers are very similar, but obviously that’s just … Continue reading
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