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poliovirus

TWiV 92: Live at ASV in Bozeman

July 25, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Karla Kirkegaard, and Marilyn Roosinck Vincent, Rich, Karla, and Marilyn recorded TWiV at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Bozeman, where they discussed plant viruses and how they make plants resistant to adverse conditions, and identification of dominant negative drug targets. [Audio clip: view full [...]

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TWiV 79: Red hot chili viruses

April 25, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Vincent and Alan converse about making published science accessible to everyone, global eradication of poliomyelitis, and whether a plant virus can cause disease in humans. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code TWIVPOD to receive $75-$500 off a Drobo. Win a free Drobo S! [...]

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TWiV 64: Ten virology stories of 2009

January 3, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss ten compelling virology stories of 2009. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download TWiV #64 (68 MB .mp3, 94 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, or by email. Ten virology stories [...]

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TWiV 60: Making viral RNA

November 29, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dick continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how RNA viruses produce mRNA and replicate their genomes. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download TWiV #60 (51 MB .mp3, 71 minutes) Subscribe to [...]

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TWiV 28: SARS

April 19, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Eric F. Donaldson Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Eric F. Donaldson discuss a new test for influenza H5N1, poliovirus in Minnesota, Koala retrovirus, batteries made from viruses, and SARS. Sponsor:  Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast [Audio clip: view full post to [...]

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TWiV 24: Viroids

March 15, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Hamish Young Vincent, Alan, and Hamish Young discuss bacteriophages in viral vaccines, enteroviruses and diabetes, inhibition of Hendra and Nipah virus replication by the malaria drug chloroquine, and viroids. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Links for this episode: Bacteriophages in viral vaccines Presence of enteroviral VP1 protein [...]

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TWiV 17: Seminal discoveries in virology

January 24, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier Guest: Saul Silverstein Vincent, Dick, and Saul talk about discoveries in virology that have had a major impact on the field. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Sem•i•nal (adjective): strongly influencing later developments. Note: There are two HPV vaccines on the market: Gardasil (quadrivalent, types 6, 11, 16, 18) and Cervarix (bivalent, [...]

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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. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] NY Times article on Offit vaccine book. Nature paper on new 1960 HIV-1 sequence. Massive polio immunization [...]

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