TWiV #53 - The ends justify the means

Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about Nobel prizes for telomere research, bacteriophages that protect aphids from wasps, salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality, and hand washing.

• Bacteriophages encode toxins that protect aphids from wasps


• 14 year old dies after receiving HPV vaccine


• Salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality


• Canadian microbiologist says hand washing is not proven to prevent influenza


• Surgical mask vs N95 respirator for preventing influenza


• Americans unsure about receiving pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine


• DnaTube (thanks Jim!)


• Laboratory Director certification (pdf - thanks Megan!)


• Plant production of pharmaceuticals (pdf one and pdf two - thanks Ed!)

Alan sciencelineDick Younger by Judith Sulzberger MDVincent FluView