by Annie De Groot | Jan 23, 2016 | News, Thinking Out Loud -Blog
Graduate student Lu He, working with EpiVax CEO De Groot and collaborator Chris Bailey Kellog, recently reported that bacteria ‘copy and paste’ sequences from the human genome to escape immune response. She calls this escape mechanism “bacterial...
by Annie De Groot | Jan 21, 2016 | Featured, News, Thinking Out Loud -Blog
An academic version of this blog post, that explains why epitope redundancy provides resiliency (to bacteria) and weakness (to immune defense) can be found here. . . . So a guy named Elledge has discovered a way to test your blood for the viruses that you’ve...
by Annie De Groot | Jan 21, 2016 | Featured, News, Thinking Out Loud -Blog
An academic version of this blog post, that explains why epitope redundancy provides resiliency (to bacteria) and weakness (to immune defense) can be found here. . . . So a guy named Elledge has discovered a way to test your blood for the viruses that you’ve...
by Annie De Groot | Oct 21, 2014 | News, Thinking Out Loud -Blog
Ebola: It is better to Prevent than to Cure [Also published in the Providence Journal Editorial Page on 10/22, see here: https://www.providencejournal.com/opinion/commentary/20141022-anne-s.-de-groot-to-fight-ebola-we-must-help-poorest-of-the-poor.ece] These days,...
by Annie De Groot | Feb 13, 2014 | Featured, News, Thinking Out Loud -Blog
From CIDRAP: Stealth Virus Moves in on Malaysia. This is the first case reported outside of China/Hong Kong; more are expected. The case fatality rate is currently at 24%. Health officials announced an H7N9 avian flu infection in Malaysia today, the first case...