Doctor's degrees in Virology: A program that focuses on the scientific study of subcellular pieces of genetic material, called viruses, that inhabit living cells in parasitical relationships and their role in disease. Includes instruction in virus taxonomy and systematics, viral structures, viral genetics, prions, virus/host cell interaction, viral pathogenesis, and applications to specific topics such as cancer biology.
Harvard University Doctorate Virology | Harvard University |
It is an exciting time to study virology! New viruses, such as the sudden acute respiratory syndrome or SARS virus, are emerging around the world, the AIDS epidemic continues to sweep across sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Asia, and new influenza reassortants between avian and human viruses threaten to enter the human population and cause new pandemics. New vaccines for HIV, smallpox, and genital herpes are direly needed. Researchers at Harvard University... |
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