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prostate cancer

TWiV 94: XMRV with Dr. Ila Singh

August 8, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Ila Singh Vincent, Alan, and Rich speak with Ila Singh about the new human retrovirus XMRV, and how her laboratory is studying its association with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download TWiV #94 (56 MB .mp3, 77 minutes) Subscribe to TWiV [...]

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TWiV 68: Ode to a plaque

February 1, 2010

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich are enthralled by movies of vaccinia virus plaque formation, then consider how repulsion of superinfection virions leads to rapid virus spread, and a therapeutic prostate cancer vaccine. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion code VINCENT to receive $50 [...]

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TWiV 55: Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate

October 25, 2009

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, Jason Rodriguez, and Rich Condit The largest TWiV panel ever assembled takes on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome, 2009 chemistry Nobel prizes for ribosome structure, finding new poxvirus vaccine candidates, a brouhaha over leaked Canadian data on influenza susceptibility, and transmission of H1N1 influenza to a pet ferret. Sponsor: [...]

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