Nobody saw SARS-CoV-2 coming. In the early days of the pandemic, researchers were scrambling to collect samples from people who had mysteriously developed fevers, coughs, and breathing problems.

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The world lost the preeminent virus “hunter,” Dr. Karl M. Johnson on October 10, 2023. Karl played a critical role in the discoveries of some of the most horrific diseases on the planet: the viral ...

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DURHAM, N.C. -- This summer, Duke biology Ph.D. student Elise Paietta traveled some 9,000 miles from North Carolina to the lowland rainforests of Madagascar, east of southern Africa. Her mission: ...

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Historian Gregory Morgan on his book Cancer Virus Hunters: A History of Tumor Virology. Stevens Institute of Technology science historian Gregory Morgan discusses his new book Cancer Virus Hunters: A ...