Malvaceae pollen (2006)
acrylic on canvas 610mm x 610mm
Tag: pathogen
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toxoplasma (2006)
acrylic on canvas 600mm x 600mm Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite which blocks the innate aversion to the smell of cat urine in mice. Since the mice are no longer afraid of cats, they get…
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H5N1 virus [avian flu] (2006)
acrylic on canvas 610mm x 610mm H5N1 is a highly pathogenic strain of the influenza virus. Since the appearance of the strain in 2003 hundreds of millions of birds have become infected and died. While…
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e coli (2006)
acrylic on canvas 610mm x 610mm E Coli lives in the human large intestine and assists with waste processing, vitamin K production and food absorbtion. The average human defactes between 100 billion and 10 trillion…