TWiV 213: Not bad for a hobby
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
In their final episode of the year, the TWiV team reviews twelve cool virology stories from 2012.
Twelve virology stories from 2012:
H5N1 (TWiV 190, 182, 177, 173, 168)
Polymorphisms that control susceptibility (TWiV 175, 180)
New virus receptors (TWiV 166, 210)
XMRV: Last nail in the coffin (TWiV special)
Polio eradication troubles in Pakistan (NY Times one, two, three; virology blog)
Biomedical research crisis (TWiV 208, 184, 189, 194)
Polydnaviruses in parasitoid wasps (TWiV 179)
Carolyn Coyne’s placental barrier story (TWiV 193)
Touring NEIDL (TWiV 200)
Epidemiology (TWiV 169, 178)
A good year for virus hunting (173, 183, 195, 196, 198, 199, 204)
Pox accordion (TWiV 198)
Links for this episode:
US plans for H5N1 research (ScienceInsider)
FDA recommends against Ampligen
Rituximab and CFS (PLoS One)
No evidence for XMRV in prostate cancer (PLoS One)
Retraction of XMRV prostate cancer paper (Retraction Watch)
Gender bias among science faculty (PNAS)
NEIDL risk assessment
Virology 101 at TWiV
Letters read on TWiV 213
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