Tag: SARS-CoV-2 virus
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Gain of function
Jayant Radhakrishnan Darien, Illinois, United States “It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge.” – Enrico Fermi (1901–1954) SARS-CoV-2 virus anatomy with proteins labeled. Created by Maya Peters Kostman for the Innovative Genomics Institute. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. “Gain of Function” (GoF) burst into…
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Dr. Oriol Mitjà: seeking to understand old and new infectious diseases
Howard Fischer Uppsala, Sweden “Research needs to give answers to real problems.” – Dr. Oriol Mitjà Oriol Mitjà. Photo by Oriol.mitja, 2016, on Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 4.0. Dr. Oriol Mitjà (b. 1980) earned his M.D. degree from the University of Barcelona. He then completed an internal medicine residency, followed by a fellowship in…