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 Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #60 (51 MB .mp3, 71 minutes) [...]
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 Click the arrow above to play, [...]
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. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #24 (41 MB .mp3, 59 minutes) Links for this [...]
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. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #17 (37 MB .mp3, 57 minutes) Links for this episode: Sem•i•nal (adjective): strongly influencing later developments. Note: [...]
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 [...]