Luke Jerram spent five years working on his translucent glass sculptures. Depicted here is H1N1 – better known as the swine flu virusPhotograph: Luke JerramMicrobiology blown up into a 25cm high sculpture – another rendering of the H1N1 virus created with the help of scientific models and photographsPhotograph: Luke JerramLooking less threatening than popular scientific imagery would have us believe, a detail of the H1N1 virus sculpturePhotograph: Luke Jerram
Fragile ... but deadly: E coli bacteria Photograph: Luke JerramJerram's rendering of the HIV virusPhotograph: Luke JerramComplex curvatures in an ovoid glass represent smallpox, a disease responsible for up to 500m deaths in the last century and eradicated only 29 years agoPhotograph: Luke JerramBeautiful but eerie ... a graceful depiction of the Sars virusPhotograph: Luke JerramA trio of deadly diseases: smallpox, flu and HIV lined upPhotograph: Luke Jerram
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