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\n \nEverybody knows what a cold feels like: miserable . The first cold virus was detected in a milk toot h shed over 30\,000 years ago and\, ever since\, t he common cold has been a bane.
\n \nDavid Miles\, who wowed us a couple of years ago with th e tale of the development of the Whooping Cough va ccine\, returns to talk about the subject of his l atest book - "Sneeze: The History and Science of t he Common Cold".
\n \nWhile sore throats an d blocked noses are annoyingly familiar\, the proc esses that lead to them are not widely known and o ften misunderstood. Processes like the misdirected immune response that makes us ill with a cold ins tead of protecting us from illness. Like the way h eating a building enhances cold virus transmission . Like the way that most cold viruses can only exi st at all thanks to the society we’ve built over t he last few millennia. And\, most importantly\, wh at we can do about them.
\n \nDavid Miles i s an infectious disease immunologist who spent ten years researching immunity to infections and the vaccinations that protect against them in various parts of Africa. He now lives in London and teache s on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Med icine’s online postgraduate course. His first popu lar science book\, How Vaccines Work\, was publish ed in March 2023 and his second\, Sneeze: The Hist ory and Science of the Common Cold\, was published in March 2026.
\n \nRefreshments will be a vailable from 30 minutes before the advertised sta rt time.
\n \nTo book y our FREE place\, please click Register Now from th e event page on our website. Alternatively\, just turn up!
\n \nPlease see this page for directions to ARU by various modes of transport. If driving\, note that parking at ARU is free in the evening. Please use the Queen's / Sawyers car park via Hoffmanns Way. If the barrier is down\, pre ss the call button and ask for entry.
DESCRIPTION:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Image: Wellcome Collection \n \n \n \n Everybody knows what a cold feels like : miserable. The first cold virus was detected in a milk tooth shed over 30\,000 years ago and\, eve r since\, the common cold has been a bane.\n \n \n \n David Miles\, who wowed us a couple of years a go with the tale of the development of the Whoopin g Cough vaccine\, returns to talk about the subjec t of his latest book - "Sneeze: The History and Sc ience of the Common Cold".\n \n \n \n While sore t hroats and blocked noses are annoyingly familiar\, the processes that lead to them are not widely kn own and often misunderstood. Processes like the mi sdirected immune response that makes us ill with a cold instead of protecting us from illness. Like the way heating a building enhances cold virus tra nsmission. Like the way that most cold viruses can only exist at all thanks to the society we’ve bui lt over the last few millennia. And\, most importa ntly\, what we can do about them.\n \n \n \n David Miles is an infectious disease immunologist who s pent ten years researching immunity to infections and the vaccinations that protect against them in various parts of Africa. He now lives in London an d teaches on the London School of Hygiene and Trop ical Medicine’s online postgraduate course. His fi rst popular science book\, How Vaccines Work\, was published in March 2023 and his second\, Sneeze: The History and Science of the Common Cold\, was p ublished in March 2026.\n \n \n \n Refreshments wi ll be available from 30 minutes before the adverti sed start time.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n To book you r FREE place\, please click Register Now from the event page on our website. Alternatively\, just tu rn up!\n \n \n \n Further Chelmsford Science Festi val events\, including paid events\, can be found at the festival page HERE (https://www.aru.ac.uk/e vents/chelmsford-science-festival)\n \n \n Please see this page (index.php?Itemid=263) for direction s to ARU by various modes of transport. If driving \, note that parking at ARU is free in the evening . Please use the Queen's / Sawyers car park via Ho ffmanns Way. If the barrier is down\, press the ca ll button and ask for entry.\n \n CATEGORIES:For Everyone CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T190000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T210000 LOCATION:Anglia Ruskin University (Room QUE 101)\n Queen's Building\n Bishop Hall Lane\n Chelmsford\n CM1 1SQ \n United Kingdom\n URL:https://cses.org.uk/index.php?option=com_civicrm&task=civicrm/event/info&Itemid=110&reset=1&id=623 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR