Updated Jan 11, 2021 | 11:52 IST
For the first time, researchers have identified how viruses such as the poliovirus, and the common cold virus are able to package up their genetic code, allowing them to infect cells. In a first, researchers identify how viruses affect human cells by packaging up their genetic code | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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How do disease-causing viruses spread within the body has been a subject of research for many years
Viruses are a family of pathogens responsible for many diseases and infections
For the first time, researchers have identified how viruses can replicate, and infect human cells
Loring and Schwerdt, and their search for poliovirus
Loring and Schwerdt, and their search for poliovirus
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January 11, 2021 11:43 IST
Stanford scientists Hubert Scott Loring and Carlton Everett Schwerdt announced their successful isolation of poliovirus on January 10, 1947. Even though it was only 80% pure and extracted from cotton rats infected with polio, it was a breakthrough at the time and a giant stride in our continuing fight against polio.
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Type 3 poliovirus capsid (protein shell of a virus, enclosing its genetic material), coloured per chains. | Photo Credit:
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Stanford scientists Hubert Scott Loring and Carlton Everett Schwerdt announced their successful isolation of poliovirus on January 10, 1947. Even though it was only 80% pure and extracted from cotton rats infected with polio, it was a breakthrough at the time and a giant stride in our continuing fight against polio.
Pediatrician compares polio, coronavirus vaccinations
Pediatrician remembers polio vaccinations By Cheyenne Cole | January 6, 2021 at 7:40 PM CST - Updated January 6 at 7:40 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - With the COVID-19 vaccine becoming available over the last month, we’re reminded of the epidemic the United States faced about 60 years ago: oolio, a disease that was wiped out with a vaccine.
Comanche County Memorial Hospital Pediatrician Dr. Edward Legako received his second COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday. He’s been in practice in the area for nearly 40 years.
He remembers getting the oral polio vaccine as a child at school, where they were able to mass vaccinate children. Those mass immunizations helped end the polio epidemic wreaking havoc on the nation.