Talmudic Question #190
Which cause more severe diseases in humans, RNA or DNA viruses?
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Talmudic Question #191
contributed by Micheal Malamy — As a model organism, E. coli played (and continues to play) a key role in molecular biology. Yet, its role in the gut does not appear to be so critical.
Talmudic Question #10
Do we know for sure that there are only three domains of life (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya)?
"May I ask you a question?"
by Elio — My first lecture (in 1958, long ago) was to medical students and the subject was DNA. I felt privileged to be given the task to talk about this subject, which was born in its modern incarnation not many years earlier.
