TWiV #20 - Hepatitis C virus
Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Matt Evans converse about TED, the Wakefield autism controversy, 99 rhinovirus sequences, Marburg in the USA, and hepatitis C virus.
15 Feb 20091h 6min
TWiV #19 - Cap-snatching
Vincent and Alan discuss cap-snatching by the hantavirus N protein and the influenza virus endonuclease, HIV-1 and Ebola virus antagonism of tetherin, and influenza pneumonia.
8 Feb 200940min
TWiV #18 - Can a virus make you fat?
Vincent, Dick, and Alan discuss adenovirus type 36 and obesity, new influenza antiviral drugs, viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus of fish, and Ebola virus in pigs and pig farmers in the Phillipines.
31 Jan 200950min
TWiV #17 - Seminal discoveries in virology
Vincent, Dick, and Saul talk about discoveries in virology that have had a major impact on the field. Sem•i•nal (adjective): strongly influencing later developments. Note: There are two HPV vaccines o...
24 Jan 200957min
TWiV #16 - Virology in Saanen, HIV origins
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. Links for this episode: NY Times...
18 Jan 20091h 3min
TWiV #15 - Deer mice, Spanish flu, measles, antiviral resistance
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 ...
13 Jan 200953min
TWiV #14 - Common cold, H5N1 transmission, HIV denial, Ebola
Vincent and Alan discuss a viral upper respiratory tract infection, transmission of H5N1 influenza virus, death of an HIV denialist, and the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. L...
5 Jan 200953min
TWiV #13 - Top 10 virology stories of 2008
Vincent and Alan talk about President-elect Obama’s choices for his science advisors, SARS sensationalism, a new enteric picornavirus, and the top 10 virology stories of 2008. Obama’s science adviso...
28 Des 200849min
