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

Vincent, Dickson, Rich, and Alan answer listener questions about XMRV, cytomegalovirus, latency, shingles vaccine, myxomavirus and rabbits, and more.

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Links for this episode:

• Human CMV incorporates antibody into virions (Cell Host Microbe)
• Probing influenza virion with a supercomputer (Chinese Sci Bull)
• Hallmarks of cancer (Cell)
• Dr. Eric Schadt talk, Mt. Sinai
• Bacteriophage T4 tattoo
• Virology meme
• Sociedad Española de Virología
• Norovirus takes to the skies (Sci Am) and journal article (Clin Inf Dis)
• Propose an ASM General Meeting session
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 165

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Dickson – Creation
Rich – America’s Science Decline
Alan – Out of context science
Vincent – The Scientist Top 10 Innovations 2011

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Jim – Christoph Adami: Finding life we can’t imagine (TED)
Tim – Patient Zero (Radiolab)
Mary – Natural Obsessions by Natalie Angier
Jimmy – Science Exchange

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Saul Silverstein

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Saul Silverstein revisit an ebolavirus needlestick accident, and discuss the role of TLR3 in formation of Negri bodies, a New England college closed by norovirus gastroenteritis, hand, foot, and mouth disease outbreak in China, and the exit of herpes simplex virus from latency by synthesis of VP16.

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Links for this episode:

Science blog of the week: Biocurious
Science podcast pick of the week: NPR’s Science Friday
Science book of the week: A Conspiracy of Cells by Michael Gold
Dick’s pick: Andros Island Bonefish Club
Saul’s pick: Secret Science Club

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