Surprise: Hanta Virus Right in Your Back Yard

Hanta Virus Epidemics in Germany? When I learned that a friend of mine came down with Hanta virus infection in Germany, I thought I had heard wrong. Mice and voles shed hanta viruses in their excreta which – when aerosolized and inhaled – can cause significant disease.  In some parts Continue reading Surprise: Hanta Virus Right in Your Back Yard

Penicillin – Historical Tidbits

Publication of transatlantic efforts on penicillin purification and production was embargoed by the British and US governments during WWII? US companies were allowed to collaborate and share scientific information specifically to improve methods of penicillin production and were exempted from anti-trust laws which would have forbidden such anti-competitive behavior? theβ-lactam Continue reading Penicillin – Historical Tidbits

Bacterial Vaccine Targets

A recent publication [1] from the team which brought us the Meningococcal B vaccine is of interest from the perspective of vaccine development strategy and feasibility.