Viruses: are they alive?
Mar 08, 2021
An analysis of our historical relationship with viruses to understand the reactions to the present pandemic.
Etiqueta: virus
The only recourse
Dec 14, 2020
Our intelligence may be the only recourse against emerging infectious diseases like SARS-CoV-2.
Maurice Hilleman and oblivion
May 29, 2020
Maurice Hilleman is probably the scientist who has prevented the highest number of deaths and illnesses from infection in the history of medicine. He and his team obtained or improved more than 25 vaccines against viruses and bacteria.
The time of pandemics: a reflection from a historical perspective
May 29, 2020
Every historical period has had its epidemic executioner, and it has almost always been the ecological changes between human communities and the environment that have caused changes in pathogenicity and epidemic diseases.
COVID-19 and the dark side of promiscuity in life
Apr 20, 2020
We need to rethink many aspects of our daily lives, of our values, of our economic and cultural practices; in short, of our coexistence with the rest of nature and, especially, of our respect for non-human animals.
The keys to a preventable pandemic
Apr 07, 2020
Most probably, the current coronavirus1 pandemic represents the uncertain epilogue of an epidemiological period marked by the renewed prominence of the infectious disease in the last decades of the twentieth century
Learning from our mistakes
Mar 31, 2020
Next time we could be facing an even deadlier virus than SARS-CoV-2. Now is the perfect time to start working.
The SARS-CoV-2 scenario
Mar 30, 2020
The current healthcare crisis forces us to reflect on the way to act, the resources available to science, or the importance of good communication.
Genomes for a pandemic
Mar 26, 2020
Knowing the detailed genomes of viruses and their phylogenies allows us to understand the origin of the outbreak. Was it a zoonosis from bats or were other hosts involved? Where did this fatal transition occur? What is the rate of change of the virus?
Why are there fewer known cases of COVID-19 in children?
Mar 05, 2020
Fernando González Candelas, Full Professor of Genetics at the University of Valencia, explains how the virus affects children.
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