title: 50 years ago: how prepared were our minds?
abstract: In 1956, when we started our collaboration, both Alick Isaacs and myself had done previous work on interference between inactive and active influenza viruses. We were aware of the state interference research had reached and of the two alternative explanations that had been envisaged.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. jean.lindenmann@access.unizh.ch
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindenmann
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindenmnann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature; D014773:Virology / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D007372:Interferons