Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dick Despommier, and Richard Kessin
Vincent, Alan, Dick, and Richard Kessin talk about Lujo virus, a new arenavirus, influenza, WHO rewriting pandemic rules, adjuvants, and a brief history of microbiology.
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Links for this episode:
- Lujo virus, a new arenavirus
- Is CDC too optimistic about influenza?
- WHO to rewrite pandemic rules
- Adjuvant at wikipedia
- Avery, MacLeod, McCarty 50th anniversary (pdf)
- Pasteur’s swan-neck flask
Broth was placed in a flask, boiled, and the neck was heated and drawn out. The broth was open to the air, but remained sterile as long as microbe-containing dust collected in the neck and did not reach the liquid.
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