A netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick
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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October 18, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Lynn Enquist Vincent speaks with Lynn Enquist about his career in virology, moving from academia to industry and back. Along the way he did pioneering research on bacteriophage, participated in the birth of recombinant DNA technology, and studied herpesviruses. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit [...]
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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. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, [...]
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August 16, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos tackle the Hendra virus disease outbreak in Australia, AIDS-like disease in wild chimps, return of polio type 2 in Nigeria, the influenza pandemic wave, and rabies in three countries. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special [...]
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August 9, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jennifer Drahos Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Jennifer Drahos consider Marburg virus in Egyptian fruit bats, bacterial citrus pathogen found in shipping facility, canine parvovirus in Michigan, Relenza-resistant influenza virus, new HIV from gorillas, and public engagement on H1N1 immunization program. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! [...]
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August 2, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier Vincent and Dick explain virus classification, and revisit the 1976 swine flu immunization campaign and Guillain-Barré syndrome. 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 #43 (32 MB .mp3, 46 minutes) Links for this [...]
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July 24, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Delthia Ricks Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Delthia Ricks discuss a new influenza virus-like particle vaccine, dog flu, ultrasensitive pen-sized virus detector, imported rabies in the US, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and next season’s flu vaccines. Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomypc.com/podcast Click the [...]
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July 19, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Dick, Alan and Rich Condit chat about infectious salmon anemia virus, virus-resistant grapevines, virulence of pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, origin of 1918 influenza virus, holy water ban to halt influenza, frequency of human WU and KI polyomavirus infection, rabies in China, and host species of [...]
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July 5, 2009
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dick Despommier Vincent and Dick discuss virus structure and answer listener questions. 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 #39 (37 MB .mp3, 53 minutes) Links for this episode: Diagrams of virus structures Boston Globe [...]
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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. 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 #38 (63 MB .mp3, 91 [...]
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