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by Vincent Racaniello on January 24, 2010
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier
Vincent, Alan, and Marc talk about chronic wasting disease of deer caused by prions, blocking the semen-derived enhancer of HIV infection with surfen, and making green transgenic rabbits using a lentiviral vector.
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by Vincent Racaniello on January 17, 2010
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson continue virology 101 with a discussion of information flow from RNA to DNA, a process known as reverse transcription, which occurs in cells infected with retroviruses, hepatitis B virus, cauliflower mosaic virus, foamy viruses, and even in uninfected cells.
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by Vincent Racaniello on January 3, 2010
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss ten compelling virology stories of 2009.
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Ten virology stories of 2009:
Pandemic influenza: Swine-origin [...]
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by Vincent Racaniello on December 13, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Alan Dove
Vincent, Dickson, and Alan discuss STEP HIV-1 vaccine failure caused by the adenovirus vector, presence of West Nile virus in kidneys for years after initial infection, adaptation of the influenza viral RNA polymerase for replication in human cells, and the significance of the D225G change in the influenza HA [...]
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by Vincent Racaniello on November 8, 2009
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Vincent visited Scotch Plains – Fanwood High School and talked about viruses with high school biology students.
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by Vincent Racaniello on October 4, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Scott Hammer, MD
Vincent and Dr. Scott Hammer talk about different types of AIDS vaccines and how they are tested in clinical trials.
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by Vincent Racaniello on September 27, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove
Vincent, Dick, and Alan (with a cameo appearance by Rich Condit) review the world’s largest Phase III study of a complex HIV vaccine candidate in Thailand, immunization of salmon against infectious salmon anemia virus, and an outbreak of blueberry shock virus in Michigan.
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by Vincent Racaniello on August 16, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos tackle the Hendra virus disease outbreak in Australia, AIDS-like disease in wild chimps, return of polio type 2 in Nigeria, the influenza pandemic wave, and rabies in three countries.
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by Vincent Racaniello on July 5, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier
Vincent and Dick discuss virus structure and answer listener questions.
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Links for this episode:
Diagrams of virus structures
Boston Globe article on Genzyme
FDA warning letter to Genzyme (thanks Peter!)
Public Health Reports July – December 1918 (thanks Lenn!)
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by Vincent Racaniello on March 7, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove
Vincent, Dick, and Alan review a new macaque model for HIV-1 infection, a possible role for Epstein-Barr virus in multiple sclerosis, accidental release of H5N1 by a vaccine company, resistance of frogs to virus infection, and extreme virology – the biggest and smallest viruses and viral genomes.
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