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How we visualise viruses

Discover how images of the antigens that make us sick have evolved over time and been tailored to meet the demands of different epidemics.

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Fake news and the flu

Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.

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A brief history of ventilation

As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.

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Going viral

The death of a close friend made David Jesudason want to know more about viruses and the people who first discover them. Here, he puts both under the microscope.

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  • Viruses in the blood stream
  • TEM of Molluscum viruses
  • The ecology of influenza A viruses
  • Herpes simplex viruses in epithelial cell
  • Herpes simplex viruses in epithelial cell
  • Herpes simplex viruses in cell nucleus
  • Herpes simplex viruses in cell nucleus
  • The immune system: fighting viruses in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Peace Corps Volunteers and PEFPFAR, 2007.
  • Virus, TEM
  • Molluscum virus
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