Vincent Racaniello, a professor of microbiology at Columbia University Medical Center, is blogging about the 2009 H1N1 swine flu. He's answering questions and addressing comments, but he's also posting daily about new developments and basic influenza virology. Fascinating...
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I wonder if you can help? About 6 years ago I had a bout of Shingles (don't know if this is relevant or not). I've always been a little bit of a worrier, but since that time I have had TERRIBLE anxiety, which crosses over into OCD at times. Each time I have an anxious phase, white spots appear on my tonsils and I feel generally a bit run down. My GP says it's probably because I'm run down because of the anxiety, but I am not sure this is correct, as sometimes I wake up feeling anxious, ask my hubby to check my throat and sure enough, the two white spots are back! Is there a virus that fits these mild symptoms that could cause anxiety? I have read about strep throat possibly causing OCD in kids, but nothing much for adults.
I would be very grateful for any info you can give me!
Thanks!
Millie
Is it possible to create a virus by wrapping a strand of RNA in a protein? I understand some biologists assume viruses are in fact not life forms but rather complex self-replicating chemicals (catalysts?). Also, what would happen if you wrapped HUMAN RNA in said protein?
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