Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier
Vincent and Dick discuss influenza virus-like particle vaccines produced in insect and plant cells, rapid sharing of influenza research, and answer listener questions about cytomegalovirus, viral evolution and symbiosis and much more.
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Links for this episode:
A Farm on Every Floor
Influenza virus-like particles in insect and plant cells
PLoS Currents: Influenza
Transmission of 2009 H1N1 influenza virus to turkeys [Thanks Debbie!]
Baxter produces Vero cell H1N1 vaccine [Thanks Peter!]
Boundaries of Darwinism podcast [Thanks David!]
Phages in human intestine: papers one, two, three [Thanks Terry!]
Post-exposure varicella vaccine [Thanks Patricia!]
Open science movement here, here, here, and here [Thanks Jim!]
Graduate programs in virology [Thanks Greggory and Blake!]
Post-exposure Marburg and Ebola vaccines [Thanks John!]
Vaccinia infection in the laboratory [Thanks Russ!]
Animations of bacteriophage T4 life cycle [Thanks Jim!]
Weekly Science Picks
Vincent Bionumbers
Dick Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas by Sylvia A. Earle, Linda K. Glover
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Hello Dick and Vincent, i have another idea about Leonardo's mirror writing, He was just don't want any guest reach his secrets in a quick look on his papers on his desk.
I like that idea!
Hey I'm based out of Barcelona, Spain and I just got sent home under suspicion of H1N1. Caused a little panic at work. Strange illness, I got bronchitis, sinus problems, achy body but extremely low fever. All in all the mildest flu I have had. Is the low/no fever due to the Avian part of the virus? Seems as much as 1/3 of the people infected has either low or no fever. My wife's been sick for 1 week with the same symptoms.
The Spanish government is basically giving anyone suspected of flu 7 days off and only testing people falling into the high risk categories.
It's not clear why a certain fraction of those infected with the 2009
H1N1 virus develop low or no fever. To ascribe it to the avian
component would be incorrect, because there is little understanding of
what parts of the viral genome are responsible for induction of fever.
Come on! H1N1 is a complete joke from my point of view. It is just a flu which if you manage to get infected with, you will do just fine as long as you follow a treatment for flu. Of course that people that are poor and don't follow a treatment can develop complications and die. But then again, you can die from a simple untreated cold.
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Sinus Relief
Come on! H1N1 is a complete joke from my point of view. It is just a flu which if you manage to get infected with, you will do just fine as long as you follow a treatment for flu. Of course that people that are poor and don't follow a treatment can develop complications and die. But then again, you can die from a simple untreated cold.
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Sinus Relief
I agree with your opinion as well. This Ah1n1 flu is just a psychological test to see how people panic and react to fear of death by contacting a lethal virus. I sincerely don't think that the flu really exists and if it does, it's just a flu like another one. We have a new kind of flu every year and every year lots of people die.
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Drug Treatment