This Week in Virology

A TWiV panel of five considers the finding of Streptococcus pneumoniae in fatal H1N1 cases in Argentina, hysteria in the Ukraine over pandemic influenza, and human vaccinia infection after contact wi...

22 Nov 20091h 20min

Vincent, Dick, and Alan are joined by emergency medicine physician Dr. Joshua Stillman to talk about passive antibody therapy for Nipah infection in ferrets, annual influenza immunization of childre...

15 Nov 20091h 12min

Vincent visits Scotch Plains – Fanwood High School and talks about viruses with high school biology students. Host links: Vincent Racaniello Links for this episode: Vincent’s presentation (pdf) Thank...

8 Nov 20091h 34min

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Cliff answer questions from listeners on swine influenza origins, transmission, virulence, and vaccines, HIV and AIDS, and more. Host links: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despomm...

1 Nov 20091h 19min

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 ...

25 Okt 20091h 31min

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 reco...

18 Okt 20091h 27min

Vincent, Dick, and Alan talk about Nobel prizes for telomere research, bacteriophages that protect aphids from wasps, salicylates and pandemic influenza mortality, and hand washing. Links for this e...

11 Okt 20091h 1min

Vincent and Dr. Scott Hammer talk about different types of AIDS vaccines and how they are tested in clinical trials. Links for this episode: PAVE 100 trial cancelled HIV vaccine shows promise for the...

4 Okt 20091h 10min