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Have Fun Storming the Castle!

Posted on August 30, 2010 by David Esteban

One of the things that I find most interesting about viruses is the diversity in their replication cycles.  It seems that for every barrier that viruses encounter during replication it is overcome in a myriad of ways.
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Viruses: Dead or Alive

Posted on August 6, 2010 by David Esteban

An ongoing question in virology is whether viruses are to be considered living creatures.  Its easy to tell that a groundhog is alive but a book is not.  But what properties does a groundhog have that a … Continue reading →

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