Scientists are gearing up to scour wilderness areas and remote regions of Earth in an attempt to track down the remaining unknown varieties of viruses that could potentially pose threat to humanity. "Some of these viruses have very limited impact but others can trigger pandemics," said Dr Mark Woolhouse, of Edinburgh University's centre for infectious diseases. "The purpose of this initiative is to identify viruses before they get a ... Read full entry
Finding viruses before they find us
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 to the comment subset
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