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Microorganisms: Viruses in the Real World
Shmoop keeps it real. Let's see how this topic is connected to some of the big issues in society and the world.
History
The word virus was first used to describe an agent that causes infectious disease by Edward Jenner...you know, the small pox guy. The first person to identify a virus as distinct from bacteria and...
Pop Culture
With all the zombie movies that have come out in the past few years, one of the underlying causes of zombification is a virus. So far, we don't know of any viruses that actually make people zombies...
Research
The development of PCR techniques has considerably improved our ability to do virus research. One of the major advantages of new PCR techniques includes deep sequencing techniques, which allows sci...
