Yes, I’m on Twitter- alandove: Should've redacted sequence of ancient girl's DNA. http://t.co/aomVOqla Now terrorists can synthesize cave-girl from scratch.
- alandove: National Academy of Sciences report (http://t.co/No8xHa5C ) - no second gunshot from grassy knoll. Must be part of conspiracy.
- alandove: Whenever I'm feeling negative, I just press ctrl-alt-cmd-8.
- alandove: Turdivirus is to virology as Uranus is to astronomy.
- alandove: RT @profvrr: This Week in Virology (TWiV) episode 169 is up: Epidemiology causes conclusions (p<0.05) http://t.co/2Hk5mwxr
- alandove: I gather there's some sort of sports event today. I mean besides the indoor triathlon I did this morning.
- alandove: Wondering if anyone's compared @Norovirus incidence at land resorts vs. cruise ships.
- alandove: Must remember to relax sphincter. RT @marynmck @lizditz launching bottle rockets from one's anus http://t.co/0j46Rc6n
- alandove: Blog post: A chat with Mike Osterholm (http://t.co/eKFzdFQ4 ) #H5N1 #NSABB
- alandove: @newprof1 Certainly much easier to type.
Tag Archives: viruses
XKCD Goes Viral
Today’s xkcd explains just how awesome – and insane – viral gene therapy vectors are:
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
Chronic Fatigue and (Not Quite) XMRV
A much-anticipated paper on the potential role of retroviruses in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) just came out in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Before it was published, many people had speculated that this work would “confirm” the … Continue reading
Not What I Expected, Either
I see anywhere from dozens to hundreds of scientific news releases and stories each day. Even if it weren’t my job to keep up on these developments, I’d probably still be addicted to reading them, because once in a great … Continue reading
Darwin Day Blast from The Archives
I can’t let Darwin Day pass without a post, but I’m also a) on deadline for some paying work and b) dreadfully lazy by nature, so I’ll take the blogger’s easy way out. Reaching back into the Dovdox archives, I’ll … Continue reading
Civic Duties
It’s that time again, and this year it’s more important than ever. No matter what race, creed, color, or political persuasion you are, you need to join your neighbors and take care of a crucial civic duty: getting a flu … Continue reading