http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/living-with-germs/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sun, 19 May 2013 15:31:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/living-with-germs/#comment-150608 Pages tagged "infectious" Mon, 18 May 2009 18:16:50 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4367#comment-150608 [...] bookmarks tagged infectious Living With Germs: On Infectious Diseases : OUPblo... saved by 5 others     mhiwvm bookmarked on 05/18/09 | [...] [...] bookmarks tagged infectious Living With Germs: On Infectious Diseases : OUPblo… saved by 5 others     mhiwvm bookmarked on 05/18/09 | [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2009/05/living-with-germs/#comment-150456 Living With Germs: On Infectious Diseases : OUPblog | Life Sciences Blog Wed, 06 May 2009 19:18:29 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=4367#comment-150456 [...] Posted on 06 May 2009 - 19:17 by Alfie VN:F [1.2.3_620]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)Story Summary:…Drugs - loosely known as antibiotics - have been very successful against some bacterial infections but much less so against viruses, where years of expensive research have been needed to identify those few weak spots where a drug can damage the virus but not its host (bacteria have far more of these)….Almost a century ago it was discovered that with toxic diseases like diphtheria and tetanus, all you needed for protection was a sufficient level of antibody in the blood….Post a CommentReviews and InterviewsKathleen Taylor blogs for Psychology Today- Although its still very early days, exciting developments in the brain sciences have given us cause to hope that we may one day understand why cruelty occurs….Newsweek Profiles Orrin Devinsky- It takes courage and discipline to live every day with the haunting uncertainty of epilepsy….Read the Full Story [...] [...] Posted on 06 May 2009 – 19:17 by Alfie VN:F [1.2.3_620]please wait…Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)Story Summary:…Drugs – loosely known as antibiotics – have been very successful against some bacterial infections but much less so against viruses, where years of expensive research have been needed to identify those few weak spots where a drug can damage the virus but not its host (bacteria have far more of these)….Almost a century ago it was discovered that with toxic diseases like diphtheria and tetanus, all you needed for protection was a sufficient level of antibody in the blood….Post a CommentReviews and InterviewsKathleen Taylor blogs for Psychology Today- Although its still very early days, exciting developments in the brain sciences have given us cause to hope that we may one day understand why cruelty occurs….Newsweek Profiles Orrin Devinsky- It takes courage and discipline to live every day with the haunting uncertainty of epilepsy….Read the Full Story [...]

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