HIV

TWiV 52: Scott Hammer, MD on AIDS vaccines

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. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #52 (51 MB .mp3, [...]

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TWiV 51: ALVAC-HIV and AIDSVAX B/E

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. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for [...]

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TWiV 49: Viral genomes

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. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the arrow above to play, or right-click [...]

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TWiV 44: No hysteria

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. Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! [...]

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TWiV 16: Virology in Saanen, HIV origins

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. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #16 (44 MB .mp3,  63 minutes) Links for this episode: NY Times article [...]

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TWiV 13: Top 10 virology stories of 2008

December 28, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Vincent and Alan talk about President-elect Obama’s choices for his science advisors, SARS sensationalism, a new enteric picornavirus, and the top 10 virology stories of 2008. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #13 (34 MB .mp3, 49 minutes) Links for this episode: Obama’s science [...]

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TWiV 11: Elite controllers, mosquitoes, and winter vomiting

December 13, 2008

Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: Alan Dove and Jeremy Luban Vincent, Alan, and Jeremy discuss why certain AIDS patients, called ‘elite controllers’ or ‘long-term non-progressors’, do not develop disease, why mosquitoes infected with Sindbis virus remain healthy, and the continuing outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #11 (62.6 MB [...]

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TWiV 10: Bats, elephants, and AIDS

December 4, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Alan Dove Vincent, DIck, and Alan chat about reconstruction of a bat SARS-like coronavirus, herpesviruses that are killing elephants in zoos, and a plan to eradicate AIDS in ten years. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #10 (18.2 MB .mp3, 39 minutes) Links for this [...]

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TWiV 8: HIV resistance, Google flu, measles in Gibraltar, viral batteries

November 14, 2008

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dick converse about warfare preventing immunization of 120,000 children in Afghanistan, bone marrow transplant curing AIDS patient, Google tracking flu, measles outbreak in Gibraltar, using viruses to make batteries, and small mosquitoes and Dengue. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #8 (16.9 MB .mp3, [...]

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