Thursday, May 21, 2009

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Howard Hughes Medical Institute: Confronting the Microbe Menace


Section 1-8


- What I like about being a scientist:



- How do new epidemics arise?



- New diseases arise from disruption of virus-host equilibrium:




- Genetic changes in viruses: mutation and recombination




- High Rate of Mutation in RNA



Section 12

12. Influenza virus: Protein & genomic structure


13. Pathology of influenza


22. Environmental changes can cause new epidemics: Hantavirus


24. How did human migration effect epidemic patterns: Smallpox


25. Why was smallpox the most severe among Native Americans?






Student Questions

Can we create a vaccine that covers all influenza strains?


How do DNA viruses work?


Can different species of bacteria and viruses trade genes?

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