TWiV 305: Rhymes with shinola
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, and Kathy continue their coverage of the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, with a discussion of case fatality ratio, reproductive index, a conspiracy theory, and spread of the virus to the United States.
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - October 5, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 227: Lacks security and bad poultry
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The complete TWiV team reviews the controversial publication of the HeLa cell genome, a missing vial of Guanarito virus in a BSL-4 facility, and human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus.
Links for this episode:
Containment plan for poliovirus (pdf, WHO)
Post-eradication of polio
Ocular tropism of respiratory viruses (MMBR)
Rally for medical research
HeLa genome sequence withdrawn (ScienceInsider)
Immortal life sequel (Rebecca Skloot)
HeLa genome sequence publish...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - April 7, 2013 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
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)
Polydna...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 30, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 212: Apocalypse TWiV 122112 212
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVerers answer listener email about genetically modified chickens, a hendra vaccine for horses, online education, curing color blindness, Roosevelt and polio, Th cells, and much more.
Links for this episode:
TWiV 116: Cocaine, colonies, and chickens
Glofish
Recombinant Hendra vaccine
Gene therapy for color blindness (Nature)
FDR, polio, and Guillain-Barré
Transcript of TWiV 197: Philip Marcus (pdf)
TWiV 10: Bats, elephants, and AIDS
TWiM 6: Phage therapy
TWiP 47: For whom the trich tolls
Vir...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 24, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 201: Rabid about viruses
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy answer reader email about rabies, xenotransplantation, poliovirus, Ph.D. programs, mosquitoes, and much more.
Links for this episode:
Mattias Schnell
Novel rhabdovirus from Africa (Plos Path)
Milwaukee protocol (Wikipedia)
How lethal is rabies virus? (virology blog)
Issues with polio eradication (J Gen Virol)
Vaccine-derived polioviruses (J Inf Dis)
Global pandemics with Hidde Ploegh (Vimeo)
Polio vs Bin Laden (Alan Dove)
Letters read on TWiV 201
Weekly Science Picks
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Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - September 30, 2012 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
