Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Welkin Johnson Welkin joins the TWiV team for a discussion of HIV prophlaxis using vectored antibodies, and the influenza H5N1 virus studies in ferrets that were not redacted. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 168 (59 MB .mp3, 98 minutes). Subscribe to [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove Vincent, Alan, and Rich review ten compelling virology stories of 2011. Please help us by taking our listener survey. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 164 (60 MB .mp3, 99 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich review concern over an influenza H5N1 transmission experiment, and a new host defense protein against RNA viruses. Please help us by taking our listener survey. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 159 (48 MB .mp3, 80 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens. Click the arrow above to play, or right click to download TWiV #116 (64 MB [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, Dickson, and Rich talk about treating arthritis with a tanapox virus protein, Darwinian evolution of prions in cell culture, and the connection between cold weather fronts and outbreaks of avian H5N1 influenza in Europe. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use [...]
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Eric F. Donaldson Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Eric F. Donaldson discuss a new test for influenza H5N1, poliovirus in Minnesota, Koala retrovirus, batteries made from viruses, and SARS. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the arrow above to play, [...]
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. Click [...]
Host: Vincent Racaniello (Wikipedia entry, and photo with Hilary Koprowski) Guests: Alan Dove and Angela Rasmussen Vincent, Alan, and Angela discuss Kuru, prions in milk, ancient lentiviruses found in the chromosomes of lemurs, a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine failure in the 1960s, and recent outbreaks of H5N1 influenza in chickens. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click [...]
