Images Dated 26th July 2004

V8 SUPERCAR ROUND 7 WINTON, VICTORIA

V8 SUPERCAR ROUND 7 WINTON VICTORIA 25-07-04: V8 Supercar driver David Besnard during round 7 of the V8 Supercar Championship being held this weekend at Winton Raceway Victoria, Australia

V8 Supercar

AIDS plant vaccine: pulping infected cowpea leaves

Plant vaccine for AIDS. Mortar and pestle used to pulp virus-infected leaves of a cowpea plant Vigna unguiculata. By grinding the leaves, viruses are extracted to produce a plant vaccine for AIDS. This research is conducted at the John Innes Institute in Norwich, England. The cowpea plant, grown for black-eye beans, is prone to infection by cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV). This virus is harm- less to humans and ideal for genetic engineering. A gene from the HIV virus (the virus causing AIDS) can be inserted into the CPMV virus. By then infecting cowpea leaves with this altered CPMV virus, an AIDS vaccine of virus particles can be produced and extracted from the plant

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CMB-883 Friut Flies (Wildtype) - in petri dishes

CMB-883
Friut Flies (Wildtype) - in petri dishes
August
Drosophila melanogaster
Chris Martin Bahr
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