/oss/taxonomy/term/4565/all en /oss/article/covid-19-history/will-virus-have-last-word <p>“Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.” Those words spoken by Louis Pasteur a century and a half ago are unnervingly meaningful today as we confront the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is invading virtually every aspect of our life. Pasteur may be best known for formulating the germ theory of disease, but he is also one of the fathers of the science of immunology. </p> Fri, 29 May 2020 14:37:09 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8263 at /oss