Mutating Ebola Viruses Not As Scary As Evolving Ones
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 08:02
in Biology & Nature
Scanning electron micrograph of Ebola virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell (African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line. Credit:NIAIDBy Rob BrooksMy social media accounts today are cluttered with stories about “mutating” Ebola viruses. The usually excellent ScienceAlert, for example, rather breathlessly informs us “The Ebola virus is mutating faster in humans than in animal hosts.” read more