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On the Nature of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Comparing Disciplinary Research and Educational Research
Alix G. Darden

Abandoned Antiviral Could Lead to Better RSV Treatments

More to Stomach Trouble than Mere H. pylori

Parsing Immune System Oddities such as Specific Vulnerability to Pathogens

Oligonucleotides Can Stimulate Disease-Fighting Responses

E. coli Amplifies, Processes Environmental Signals in Complex Way

Early Public Health, Clinical Lab Lessons from Anthrax Attacks

Microbiology as a Change Agent in Science Education [PDF]
Jo Handelsman
Microbiologists have the history and tools to lead in bringing reforms needed for building a scientifically literate society.

Many Viruses Are Potential Agents of Bioterrorism [PDF]
C. J. Peters
Those developing countermeasures need to focus on lethal viruses that are stable, can be grown to high titers, and are deliverable as aerosols

Virulence Factors of Pasteurellaceae, Formidable Animal Pathogens [PDF]
Mario Jacques and Leonie G. Mikael
These microorganisms offer excellent opportunities to investigate host-pathogen interactions

An Open Letter to the ASM Membership