TWiV 330: A swinging gate
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVers explain how a protein platform assists the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase to begin the task of making viral genomes.
Links for this episode
NYAS Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program
Concerns about editing the human germline (Science, Nature)
Engineering the perfect baby (MIT Tech Rev)
RNA recognition by HCV polymerase (Science)
Kickstarting an RNA polymerase (Science)
A protein platform for priming (virology blog)
Apoenzyme and holoenzyme (Wikibooks)
Ebolavirus will not become a respiratory pathogen (vir...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - March 29, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 324: Viruses in the miR may appear more numerous
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Lee Feinman
Lee joins the TWiV team to discuss the value of post-doctoral training, and how a cellular microRNA assists in the replication of hepatitis C virus.
Links for this episode
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
Immunization of preterm infants (Dev Period Med)
miR-122 alters HCV translation-replication balance (Cell Host Micr)
Holding a miR to HCV (TWiV 180)
Treating hepatitis C by blocking miR-122 (virology blog)
Click chemistry (Wikip...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - February 15, 2015 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
Is the Hep C screening expansion justified?
Until recently, hepatitis C screening was offered to people at increased risk of infection - such as intravenous drug users - but now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended screening all people born between 1945 and 1965.
Kenny Lin, associate professor of family medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 14, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Is the Hep C screening expansion justified?
Until recently, hepatitis C screening was offered to people at increased risk of infection - such as intravenous drug users - but now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended screening all people born between 1945 and 1965.
Kenny Lin, associate professor of family medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and Jeanne Lenzer, an investigative health journalist from New York, explain why they worry that the evidence doesn't support this expansion.
ead their analysis article:http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7809 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 14, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Is the Hep C screening expansion justified?
Until recently, hepatitis C screening was offered to people at increased risk of infection - such as intravenous drug users - but now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended screening all people born between 1945 and 1965.
Kenny Lin, associate professor of family medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 14, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Is the Hep C screening expansion justified?
Until recently, hepatitis C screening was offered to people at increased risk of infection - such as intravenous drug users - but now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended screening all people born between 1945 and 1965.
Kenny Lin, associate professor of family medicine at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and Jeanne Lenzer, an investigative health journalist from New York, explain why they worry that the evidence doesn't support this expansion.
ead their analysis article:
http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7809 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - January 14, 2015 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Billy Heddins, Liver Cancer Survivor
, shares his inspiring and touching journey through liver cancer. He discusses learning that he had Hepatitis C from a long past blood transfusion, discovering that...
Author: SayYEStoHOPE
Added: 10/01/2014 (Source: Oncology Tube)
Source: Oncology Tube - October 1, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: podcasts
Effect of flexible sigmoidoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence, periop afib and long-term risk of stroke, treatment of hepatitis C, and more.
Editor's Audio Summary by Howard Bauchner, MD, Editor in Chief of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, for the August 13, 2014 issue (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - August 12, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Evolution of Hepatitis C Virus Treatment
An editorial in the August issue of CGH discusses changing treatment methods for Hepatitis C Virus infection over the last several years. Dr. Kuemmerle speaks to first author Dr. Fasiha Kanwal of Baylor College of Medicine. (Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology)
Source: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology - August 4, 2014 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: CGH Source Type: podcasts
Listen to The Lancet: 28 July
Richard Tedder discusses the prevalence and transmission of hepatitis E in blood donors and recipients in south-east England. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - July 28, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
The Lancet: July 28, 2014
Richard Tedder discusses the prevalence and transmission of hepatitis E in blood donors and recipients in south-east England. (Source: Listen to The Lancet)
Source: Listen to The Lancet - July 28, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Lancet Source Type: podcasts
JAMA 2014-07-19, Vol. 312, No. 4, Audio from Weekly Author Video Interview
Interview with Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, author of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C in Patients With HIV Coinfection (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - July 19, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C in Patients With HIV Coinfection
Interview with Mark S. Sulkowski, MD, author of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin for Hepatitis C in Patients With HIV Coinfection (Source: JAMA Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - July 19, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 285: Hokies go viral
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guests: XJ Meng and Sarah McDonald
Vincent meets up with XJ and Sarah at Virginia Tech to talk about their work on viruses of swine and rotaviruses.
Links for this episode
Hepatitis E virus (Int J Env Res Pub Health)
Porcine and human anelloviruses (J Virol)
Origin of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in US (mBio)
Distinguishing rotaviruses (J Virol)
Molecular epidemiology of rotaviruses (J Virol)
Core domains in rotavirus polymerase encapsidation (J Gen Virol)
Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv (Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition)
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - May 17, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
