TWiV 230: Gene goes to Washington, flu chickens out
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Rich, Alan and Kathy review H7N9 infections in China, the debate over patenting genes, and receptor-binding by ferret-transmissible avian H5 influenza virus.
Links for this episode:
Francois Jacob dies (The Loom)
WHO updates on H7N9
H7N9 is unusually dangerous (ScienceInsider)
H7N9 case imported into Taiwan
No H7N9 in poultry farms (Xinhua)
Supreme Court considers gene patents (TheScientist, Nature)
Patent my jeans, not my genes (Michael Wosnick)
Receptor binding by ferret transmissible H5 virus (Nature)
Microscale thermophoresis and bio-layer interferometry (Wikipedia)
Letters read on TWiV 230
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