Squashing the killer bug

Article Abstract:

Public awareness of bacterial infections has increased since the discovery of AIDS and newspaper reporting of E.coli outbreaks resulting in death. The public should be educated to understand the important differences between bacteria and virus. Bacteria are antibiotic-sensitive, whereas viruses respond only to antiviral therapy which has to be specifically developed. Microbiology was first discovered by Dutch born scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoel in 1677.

Virus diseases, Bacteria, Microbiology, Public opinion

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No nose for a cure: Hang on to those hankies, because we are no nearer warding off the common cold than we were 60 years ago

Article Abstract:

The Common Cold Research Unit was set up at the end of the Second World War and soon established that different virus groups could cause the common cold, with rhinoviruses the most significant. Human volunteers have played an important part in the study of the common cold, and experiments have proved that colds are not caused by chill and there is no evidence that indirect contact spreads the common cold.

Research, Cold (Disease), Common cold, Rhinoviruses

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