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Biography

Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:00 am
by Readymom
CBC News, Canada
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/nextpandemic/in ... erger.html

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Dr. Jeffrey Taubenberger is a pathologist at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., and heads the institute's division of molecular pathology.

Dr. Taubenberger’s hopes his research into the 1918 viral genome will help improve current systems for predicting future pandemics.

His aim is to bring the 1918 virus back to life by analyzing virus samples from victims of the virus, in the hopes of protecting the world from a repeat of the 1918 pandemic.