In the last few weeks, a new virus causing pneumonia in humans has been identified: it has been temporarily called 2019-nCoV (2019 novel Coronavirus) and was detected for the first time in Wuhan, China. The website of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports that by January 26th, 2020, 2026 cases haveContinue reading “2019-nCoV: a Virus is born”
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The fantastic world of viruses
Viruses are microscopic parasites made only of their genetic material in a protein envelope. Viruses are not living beings since they are not able to replicate on their own: to do so they need to invade a cell and hijack its functions.
Il magico mondo dei virus
I virus sono dei microscopici parassiti formati unicamente dal loro materiale genetico in un involucro di proteine. Essi non sono dei veri e propri esseri viventi in quanto non possono riprodursi da soli, ma per farlo hanno bisogno di invadere una cellula e impossessarsi delle sue funzioni.
Let me introduce myself
Hello everyone! My name is Carla and I am a biotechnologist: I have always been attracted by the infinitely small and by the microscopic world. I am a researcher at the Blizard Institute, a research centre of the Queen Mary University of London, where I work on the smallest virus that can infect humans: theContinue reading “Let me introduce myself”
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