Articles by Bhuminder Singh

H1N1 influenza virus. Image credit: CDC Influenza Laboratory.

Ethnicity Influences Response to Influenza Vaccine

Oct 27, 2016 by Bhuminder Singh

Dr. Raj Kurupati and colleagues from the Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, and Duke University Medical Center showed that an individual’s...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph of adenovirus. Image credit: Dr G. William Gary, Jr. / CDC.

Retooling for Human Gene Therapy: New and Improved Adenoviral Vectors

Aug 20, 2014 by Bhuminder Singh

Dr Juliana Small of the University of Pennsylvania, Drs Raj Kurupati, Xianqyang Zhou and their colleagues from the Wistar Institute have developed a novel...

Acute brain slice: thin brain slices allow the selective study of a neural circuit in isolation not possible in intact organism; here one can also selectively manipulate the conditions and observe their specific effect. Image credit: Bhuminder Singh.

Future of Neurophysiology: to Slice or not to Slice?

Oct 1, 2013 by Bhuminder Singh

We would like to think that scientific efforts are free of trends and human whims and proceed in a straight line for the good of humanity; but this is...

July 12th is Claude Bernard’s Birthday! He Would Have Been 200 Years Old Today

Jul 12, 2013 by Bhuminder Singh

Often considered ‘one of the greatest of all men of science,’ Claude Bernard (July 12, 1813 – February 10, 1878) is the father of experimental medicine. Claude...