From the Great Barrier Reef to a "cure" for the flu: tall tales, but true.
How we discovered that sea birds on the Great Barrier Reef are riddled with influenza viruses, and how one of these led to a new drug now being used in the battle against the flu.
Laver
William Graeme
WG
graeme.laver@bigpond.com
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