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TWiV 67: Wasting deer and the Hulk rabbit

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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TWiV 66: Reverse transcription

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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TWiV 64: Ten virology stories of 2009

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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TWiV 62: Persistence of West Nile virus

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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TWiV 57: Virology in high school

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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TWiV 52: Scott Hammer, MD on AIDS vaccines

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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TWiV 51: ALVAC-HIV and AIDSVAX B/E

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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TWiV 49: Viral genomes

by Vincent Racaniello on September 13, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier

Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of the seven different types of viral genomes, and how to use the pathway to mRNA to understand viral replication.
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TWiV 44: No hysteria

by Vincent Racaniello on August 9, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos consider Marburg virus in Egyptian fruit bats, bacterial citrus pathogen found in shipping facility, canine parvovirus in Michigan, Relenza-resistant influenza virus, new HIV from gorillas, and public engagement on H1N1 immunization program.
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TWiV 16: Virology in Saanen, HIV origins

by Vincent Racaniello on January 18, 2009

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Jeremy Luban

Vincent and Jeremy, in Saanen, Switzerland, review the 19th Challenge in Virology meeting, and implications of a new HIV-1 sequence from 1960 for the origin of AIDS.
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NY Times article on Offit vaccine book.
Nature paper on new 1960 HIV-1 sequence.
Massive polio immunization in Pakistan.
PLoS paper on T [...]

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