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.

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Links for this episode:

• Cocaine analog coupled to disrupted adenovirus
• Field application of RNAi in honeybees
• Suppression of avian influenza transmission in GM chickens (EurekAlert)
• Phage tailspike protein therapy
• Use of phage lysins to treat bacterial infections (one and two)
• Cell to cell spread of viruses (review and inhibition by tetherin)
• Flock house virus replication organelle (thanks Brett!)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 116

Weekly Science Picks

Dickson – Brian Deer’s investigation of Andrew Wakefield
Rich – Photographic periodic table of the elements
Alan – Year of the bat (site one and site two)
Vincent – EteRNA (NY Times article)

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

The entire TWiV family reviews the latest ideas about colony collapse disorder of honeybees, and resurgence of monkeypox in Africa.

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Links for this episode:

• The Harvey Lectures
• Iridovirus and microsporidian linked to colony collapse disorder
• CCD discussed previously on TWiV 64, 49, and 46
• Why are they called iridoviruses?
• Iridoviruses at ViralZone
• Scientists and soldiers solve a bee mystery (NY Times, pdf)
• Edgewood research center involvement in CCD
• Resurgence of monkeypox in Africa (PNAS)
• Orthopoxvirus in Ghana
• Outbreak of monkeypox in US (MMWR)
• Goodbye smallpox vaccination, hello monkeypox
• Letters read on TWiV 104

Weekly Science Picks

Dickson – Four Fish by Paul Greenberg
Alan – Nikon Small World contest, 2010 winners
Rich – Encyclopedia of Life
Vincent – First all-digital science textbook will be free (thanks, @windsurfer)

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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:

1. Pandemic influenza: Swine-origin H1N1 virus (TWiV 36)
2. XMRV, prostate cancer, and chronic fatigue syndrome (TWiV 50, 55)
3. AIDS vaccine ‘success’ (TWiV 51)
4. Colony collapse disorder (TWiV 46, 49)
5. AIDS-like disease in wild chimps (TWiV 45)
6. Diverse viral community in Antarctic lake (TWiV 58)
7. Polyomavirus seroepidemiology in humans (TWiV 26)
8. Poxvirus threatens UK red squirrels (TWiV 63)
9. Polio spreads from Nigeria (TWiV 29)
10. How mosquitoes survive Dengue virus infection (TWiV 21)

Picture book on viruses for kids (Thanks Soraia!)

Weekly Science Picks
Rich Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman, Ralph Leighton, Edward Hutchings, and Albert R. Hibbs
Alan Spaceweather.com
Vincent The Art and Politics of Science by Harold Varmus

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