Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Effect Measure On The Recent Genetic Study Of The Virulence Of The Spanish Flu

 

# 2611

 

 

 

 

Whenever a highly technical scientific paper comes out (anything that is more challenging than, say, McGuffey's Reader),  I wait in hopes that one of the Reveres at Effect Measure will write a blog that explains it to me.

 

It's no secret that anything beyond basic virology and genetics is way above my pay grade.

 

Over the weekend, we saw headlines about a new study that `unlocks the secrets of the 1918 pandemic virus'.   This is, of course, the latest in a series of recent papers purporting to unlock the mysteries of the Spanish Flu. 

 

Today Effect Measure dissects this new study for us.  

 

Highly recommended.

 

 

Another flu paper that "unlocks the secret" of 1918 virus virulence

Category: Bird flu • biology
Posted on: December 31, 2008 7:47 AM, by revere