Today we talk to Dr Nicholas Eyre, a Molecular virologist at Flinders University. We recently ran an episode about the controversial gain of function research, which is a technique used in virology and genetics to knock a function into a virus, such as transmissibility, to learn how it evolves. One thing that resonated from that particular interview was the importance of understanding the properties of a virus well before an outbreak occurs. Our previous episode looked at the Zika virus, and today we look at Dengue fever. Today’s interview is hosted by Cosmos journalist Dr Deborah Devis.

Find the science of everything at Cosmos Magazine website 

Subscribe to Cosmos Magazine (print) or the Cosmos Weekly

Watch and listen to all our Cosmos Briefings