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Jun 29, 2010

DANCE

working as a researcher means to think outside the box

keep an open mind

so this is the place where great ideas are born during reload of energy and pause for the mind to process what it has been fed

Today I dance aerobics under the coreography of Niklas, to make room for new synapses to connect

Presence of neutralizing antibodies to HSV were found in the serum of previously infected adults. Only individuals with neutralizing antibodies developed recurrent lesions. Remarkably, measles and rubella antibodies are associated with protection from subsequent episodes of the disease.

National Herpes Hotline

(919) 361-8488

National Herpes Resource Center

herpesnet@ashastd.org

One significant advance of our understanding of herpes infection was the detection of antigenic differences between HSV types. Already in 1968, antigenic and biologic differences between HSV-1 and HSV-2 were found by Nahmias and Dowdle. The observation was that HSV-1 was more frequently associated with nongenital infection whereas HSV-2 was associated with genital disease.

Infection of epithelial cells in the mucosal surface gives rise to productive replication, resulting in the production of progeny virions, which can spread to infect additional epithelial cells. Virus enters innervating sensory neurons, and nucleocapsids are transported to the neuronal cell body. The viral DNA is released into the neuronal nucleus and circularizes. Circular viral DNA persists in the neuronal cell nucleus, and the latency-associated transcript is expressed. b | Upon reactivation, viral lytic gene expression is initiated, and newly formed capsids are transported to the axonal termini. Infectious virus is released from the axon and infects epithelial cells, resulting in recurrent infection and virus shedding.

Oj, I suddenly was attacked by John Blund. Will ferociously continue tomorrow.

God natt, noapte buna, spakujna nocin and good night herpes wherever you are.

Jun 28, 2010

I LIVE AMBIVALENT

My southern apartment after renovation. I painted walls, living room floor and put in new floor in the rest of the apartment. I also re-painted and -dressed some of the furniture inherited from my parents. I was in a pastel kind of mood during the -05ies. (oops, annoying pillows don't match, only sort of temporary)

My Romanian heritage.

The color purple.

DAVID'S SON HAR LEI (Rumänsk valuta)

Can you describe herpes with three words?

I act schizofrenically.

I apply pulse.

I live ambivalent.

I move indecisively.

RESEARCH

Book tip of the day:
How Pathogenic Viruses work - found on shelf in the office

Review Macrophages and cytokines in the early defence against herpes simplex virus - S. Ellermann-Eriksen:

HSV-1 and HSV-2 are old viruses, with a history of evolution shared with humans.
Thus, it is generally well-adapted viruses (thus), infecting many of us without doing much harm,
and with the capacity of hiding in our neurons for life. No harm.

Normally, the primary HSV infection is asymptomatic, and a crucial element (HSV infection or asymptomatic HSV infection?) in the early restriction of virus replication (asymptomatic infection crucial to restriction of virus replication by immune system - macrophages, cytokines, NK cells, nitric oxide?) and thus (thus?) avoidance of symptoms (avoidance - aha) from the infection is the concerted action of different arms of the innate immune response.

HSV infection is asymptomatic normally. Innate immune system arranges actions to make herpes infection asymptomatic, which benefits both host and virus. Virus and host - we live in forced symbiosis. Moderate is better (lagom är bäst)? There are multiple heros in the united universe, which exists.

Virus infection or innate immune system. I am confused. I need to think more.

Jun 27, 2010

MY MOTHER'S FAVORITE PLACE

Renovation is good, but takes time. Rebecca and I went to hear the horses' whisper.
After this, Rebecca wanted to whip cream for the strawberries. Patiently waiting for the dinner to finish she finally got to serve them, after this she disappeared surprisingly into sleep.