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 * ...that George Hirst was the first person to discover a viral enzyme (pictured)?
 * ...that fish diseases and parasites can result in mass fish die offs?
 * ...that adjuvants are sometimes used to modify the effects that a vaccine has on disease resistance by stimulating the immune system to respond to the vaccine with much more vitality?
 * ...that Australian ophthalmologist Sir Norman McAlister Gregg discovered the link between rubella and congenital disorders in newborn infants after overhearing several of his patients discussing their illness during pregnancy?
 * ...that the very first news article on what became known as AIDS appeared in the New York Native, a now defunct gay newspaper in New York City?