TWiV 285: Hokies go viral
Host: Vincent Racaniello Guests: XJ Meng and Sarah McDonald Vincent meets up with XJ and Sarah at Virginia Tech to talk about their work on viruses of swine and rotaviruses. Links for this episode He...
17 Maj 20141h 28min
TWiV 284: By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team discusses how skin scarification promotes a nonspecific immune response, and whether remaining stocks of sm...
11 Maj 20141h 42min
TWiV 283: No Reston for the weary
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Guest: Jens H. Kuhn Jens speaks with the TWiV team about filoviruses, including the recent Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea. Links f...
4 Maj 20141h 50min
TWiV 282: Tamiflu and tenure too
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team reviews a meta-analysis of clinical trial reports on using Tamiflu for influenza, and suggestions on how to rescue U...
27 Apr 20141h 44min
TWiV 281: The Salk legacy with Peter L. Salk
Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Peter L. Salk Vincent meets up with Peter L. Salk to talk about development of the first poliovaccine, eradication of poliomyelitis, and Jonas Salk's 100th birth annive...
21 Apr 20141h 30min
TWiV 280: Post viral
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiVmeisters answer listener email about the NEIDL, negative results, patenting MERS-coronavirus, human pa...
13 Apr 20141h 38min
TWiV 279: The missing LNC
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Alan, and Kathy reveal how a retrovirus in the human genome keeps embryonic stem cells in a pluripotent state, from where they can dif...
6 Apr 20141h 29min
TWiV 278: Flushing HIV down the zinc
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy discuss disruption of the ccr5 gene in lymphocytes of patients infected with HIV-1. Links...
30 Mars 20141h 42min
