Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier
Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host.
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Links for this episode:
Illustrations of virus entry into cells
Nice reference for biological items (thanks Jim!)
Colony collapse disorder: PBS program, descriptive study, metagenomic study, genetic analysis (thanks Swiss compass!)
Potato virus Y and Alzheimer’s disease (thanks Jennifer!)
A virus in a fungus in a plant (thanks Jennifer!)
Weekly Science Picks
Vincent PLoS Pearls
Dick West Nile virus website at CDC
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