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CRISPR Acquired Resistance Against Viruses (2007)
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
In 2007, Philippe Horvath and his colleagues explained how bacteria protect themselves against viruses at Danisco, a Danish food company, in Dangé-…
gene editingStreptococcus thermophilusvirusesBacteriaRNA
Stanley Alan Plotkin's Development of a Rubella Vaccine (1969)
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In the US during the late 1960s, Stanley Alan Plotkin, John D. Farquhar, Michael Katz, and Fritz Buser isolated a strain of the infectious disease…
RubellaRubella--VaccinationRubella in pregnancyRubella vaccinesMMR Vaccine
Maurice Ralph Hilleman (1919–2005)
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Apr 13, 2017
Maurice Ralph Hilleman developed vaccines at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research in West Point, Pennsylvania, during the twentieth century.…
MMR VaccineRubella--VaccinationRubellaCombined VaccinesViral vaccines
Luc Antoine Montagnier (1932-2022)
By: Jarrett L. Joubert
| Published: Nov 03, 2022
Luc Montagnier studied viruses, the immune system, and cancer in France during the second half of the twentieth century. In his early career,…
AIDS vaccinesAIDS (Disease)AIDS malignanciesHIV-positive personsHIV (Viruses)
David Baltimore (1938– )
By: Meilin Zhu
| Published: Dec 27, 2017
David Baltimore studied viruses and the immune system in the US during the twentieth century. In 1975, Baltimore was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
Baltimore, DavidDNAAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Asilomar Conference (1975)
By: Abigail Cave
| Published: Jul 09, 2024
In February 1975, leading biology researchers and lawyers participated in what became known as the Asilomar Conference, a meeting to discuss and…
Genetic recombinationRecombinant DNARecombinant DNA VaccinesBioethical IssuesBiohazard Containment
Reduction of Maternal-Infant Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus with Zidovudine Treatment
By: Chase V. Florez
| Published: Nov 30, 2019
In 1994, Edward M. Connor and colleagues published “Reduction of Maternal-Infant Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with Zidovudine…
LiteratureHIV-positive personsHIV infectionsHIV-positive womenHIV-positive children
Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Jul 24, 2017
Harald zur Hausen studied viruses and discovered that certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, can cause…
Cervix uteri--CancerHuman Papilloma VirusPapillomavirusesGenital WartsCondylomata Acuminata
The Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
By: Christian H. Ross
| Published: Mar 30, 2017
The measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine was created by Maurice Hilleman in 1971 at the Merck Institute of Therapeutic Research, a…
TechnologyMMR VaccineViral vaccinesCombined VaccinesRubella
“Natural History of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in the Acyclovir Era” (2001) by David W. Kimberlin, Chin-Yu Lin, Richard F. Jacobs, Dwight A. Powell, Lisa M. Frenkel, William C. Gruber, Mobeen Rathore, John S. Bradley, Pamela S. Diaz, et al.
By: Eboni E. Andersun
| Published: Jun 27, 2024
In 2001, David Kimberlin and colleagues published “Natural History of Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infections in Acyclovir Era,” hereafter, “Natural…
Herpes Simplex Virus InfectionAcyclovirHistory of MedicineClinical trialSymptoms in Children