by Vincent Racaniello on September 6, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Vincent, Dick, Alan and Rich revisit a vaccinia virus lab accident and viral vaccines produced in plants, then talk about an iPhone app to track infectious diseases, flying foxes, and an inhaled measles vaccine.
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by Vincent Racaniello on June 28, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Glenn Rall
Vincent and Glenn Rall chat about koi herpesvirus, H1N1 influenza vaccine produced in insect cells, attack by a rabid raccoon, and measles.
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Virus suspected in carp die-off: koi herpesvirus
H1N1 influenza vaccine produced [...]
by Vincent Racaniello on January 13, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, and Alan Dove
Vincent, Dick, and Alan converse about hantavirus spread by large deer mice, why the 1918 influenza virus replicates in the lower respiratory tract, measles in Europe, and the growing resistance of influenza virus to antivirals.
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MMWR, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from CDC.
Larger, older deer [...]
by Vincent Racaniello on 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.
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Article on using viruses to make batteries (PubMed: Virus-enabled synthesis and assembly [...]