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Opinion: Manuscripts and Art Support Archaeological Evidence that Syphilis Was in Europe Long Before Explorers Could Have Brought It Home from the Americas
Marylynn Salmon, The Conversation | Jul 13, 2022 | 5 min read
Multiple lines of evidence contradict the idea that the disease came to Europe via trans-Atlantic exchange.
Infectious Disease
The Scientist Staff | Nov 23, 1997 | 3 min read
Edited by: Steve Bunk J.L. Eron, S.L. Benoit, J. Jemsek, R.D. MacArthur, J. Santana, J.B. Quinn, D.R. Kuritzkes, M.A. Fallon, M. Rubin, "Treatment with lamivudine, zidovudine, or both in HIV-positive patients with 200 to 500 CD4+ cells per cubic millimeter," New England Journal of Medicine, 333:1662-9, 1995. (Cited in 120 publications through October 1997) Comments by Joseph Jemsek, Nalle Clinic, Charlotte, N.C. Among viruses that cause infectious disease, HIV is particularly adept at mutating
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Finding DNA Tags in AAV Stacks
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Mar 7, 2024 | 8 min read
Ten years ago, scientists put DNA barcodes in AAV vectors, creating an approach that simplified, expedited, and streamlined AAV screening. 
Haydeh Payami is wearing a purple dress and an orange and pink scarf and standing in front of a whiteboard.
A Microbial Link to Parkinson’s Disease
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Dec 4, 2023 | 6 min read
Haydeh Payami helped uncover the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease. Now, she hopes to find new ways to treat the disease by studying the gut microbiome.
Book Excerpt from COVID-19
Debora MacKenzie | Jul 17, 2020 | 3 min read
In Chapter 8, author Debora MacKenzie recounts an unfortunate history of baselessly blaming disease outbreaks on groups perceived as outsiders.
Mapping Disease
Ed Yong | Apr 28, 2013 | 4 min read
Online tools could help to improve our patchy knowledge of the whereabouts of infectious diseases.
Book Excerpt from Evolution and Medicine
Robert Perlman | Sep 30, 2013 | 4 min read
In Chapter 11, “Man-made diseases,” author Robert Perlman describes how socioeconomic health disparities arise in hierarchical societies.
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Excerpt from The Memory Thief
Lauren Aguirre | Jun 1, 2021 | 10+ min read
Author Lauren Aguirre finds reasons for optimism in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease.
An Eclectic Look at Infectious Diseases
Ricki Lewis | Aug 20, 2000 | 7 min read
Graphic: Cathleen Heard A week after the controversial XIII International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, a much smaller gathering in Atlanta took a broader view of the current emergence and reemergence of many infectious diseases. The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2000, held July 16-19, attracted more than 2,000 attendees representing 35 nations. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Society for Microbiology, the Council of State
Birth of Midwifery, Circa 100 CE
Lisa Winter | Aug 1, 2021 | 3 min read
Soranus of Ephesus’s manual shaped the way midwifery was practiced for more than a millennium.

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