Recent content by emitted_echo

From what i've read it seems like the virus can spread through droplets during the prodromal stage. I don't remember the exact source because I have been researching all over, but all were from academic/research/government pages. I'll link it if I find the exact one. Edit: (from...

Found this article interesting: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2009040 It follows a case study of an Andes-strain hantavirus "superspreader" event. It's believed that 1 infected person managed to spread it to 34 others. With events like this (or potential future genomic mutations...

It's really interesting to read more about this because I had a similar hypothesis a few years back. As I head into Uni I plan on seeing if I can get a professor to sponsor me so I can use a modified Miller-Urey setup alongside different strains of Asgard Archaea and either alphaproteobacteria...

My name is Echo, and I am a high school senior from Georgia. I plan on majoring in biochemistry and pursuing a career in forensic pathology. My end goal is to hopefully partner with NASA's human research programs to study the physiological and psychological effects of long-term space travel more...

Lately, I've been doing a lot of research on chirality in biochemical and medical contexts; especially from a developmental standpoint. I am aware of how each enantiomer behaves differently from its corresponding mirror-image molecule, but i'm confused by racemic mixtures. I understand on a...