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Viruses represented as lace doilies

Artist Laura Splan has created lace doilies, aka ornamental mats, of the herpes and SARS viruses.

Excerpt from Artists's Bio: My work explores perceptions of beauty and horror, comfort and discomfort. I use anatomical and medical imagery as a point of departure to explore these dualities an... Read More

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Salmonella

A photomicrograph of Salmonella bacteria. Courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Read More

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photograph of carcass of swine showing lesions of swine erysipelas (b&w)

photograph of carcass of swine showing lesions of swine erysipelas (b&w) Read More

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World's Largest, Unique Virus Photographed for First Time

These images are amazing and beautiful.

From Wired - "A virus so large and strange that it’s redefined the very concept of a virus has been photographed for the first time. It’s even weirder than expected." Read More

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Swine Flu Portraits from Mexico City

Freelance photographer Nicola “Okin” Frioli has taken a collection of photographs/portraits of people wearing surgical masks in Mexico City. It's an interesting art project that looks at the impact swine flu has on the city's residents. Read More

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Influenza A (H1N1) aka Swine Flu Virus

Under a plate magnification of 37,800X, this colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicted the A/New Jersey/76 (Hsw1N1) virus, while in the virus’ first developmental passage through a chicken egg. Read More

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Picture of Couple Kissing in Mexico City with Surgical Masks on During Swine Flu Outbreak

Picture of Couple Kissing in Mexico City with Surgical masks on During Swine Flu Outbreak. From The Guardian UK. Article link here http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/26/swine-flu-outbreak-mexico-pandemic. Photo by Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images Read More

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