TWiV #16 - Virology in Saanen, HIV origins

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 article on Offit vaccine book.
Nature paper on new 1960 HIV-1 sequence.
Massive polio immunization in Pakistan.
PLoS paper on T cell responses to HERVs in HIV-1 infection.

Science blog of the week: Eye on DNA by Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei
Science podcast pick of the week: Persiflager’s Infectious Disease Podcast
Science book of the week: Microbe Hunters by by Paul de Kruif

Avsnitt(1346)

TWiV 464: Boston baked viruses

TWiV 464: Boston baked viruses

At Tufts University Dental School in Boston, Vincent speaks with Katya Heldwein and Sean Whelan about their careers and their work on herpesvirus structure and replication of vesicular stomatitis viru...

22 Okt 20171h 27min

TWiV 463: We haven't meth but these names ring Nobel

TWiV 463: We haven't meth but these names ring Nobel

The TWiViridae review the 2017 Nobel Prizes for cryoEM and circadian rhythms, and discuss modulation of plant virus replication by RNA methylation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan ...

15 Okt 20171h 44min

TWiV Special: Tear it up with David Tuller

TWiV Special: Tear it up with David Tuller

David Tuller returns to discuss his efforts to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE trial for ME/CFS. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guest: David Tuller Become a patron of TWiV! Lin...

14 Okt 20171h 7min

TWiV 462: Splicing RNA with Phillip A. Sharp

TWiV 462: Splicing RNA with Phillip A. Sharp

Vincent speaks with 1993 Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp about his career and his seminal discovery of RNA splicing in mammalian cells, which changed our understanding of gene structure. Hosts: Vincen...

7 Okt 201738min

TWiV 461: Gotta trace them all!

TWiV 461: Gotta trace them all!

The TWiVers discuss the declining readability of scientific texts, and review the use of self-inactivating rabies virus for tracing neural circuits. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich...

30 Sep 20172h 7min

TWiV 460: Penn, a great sandbox for science

TWiV 460: Penn, a great sandbox for science

Vincent travels to the University of Pennsylvania and speaks with virologists Gary Cohen, Scott Hensley, Carolina Lopez, and Susan Weiss about their careers and their research. Host: Vincent Racaniell...

24 Sep 20171h 32min

TWiV 459: Polio turns over a new leaf

TWiV 459: Polio turns over a new leaf

The TWiV team reviews the first FDA approved gene therapy, accidental exposure to poliovirus type 2 in a manufacturing plant, and production of a candidate poliovirus vaccine in plants. Hosts: Vincent...

17 Sep 20171h 44min

TWiV 458: Saliva of the fittest

TWiV 458: Saliva of the fittest

The TWiVians present an imported case of yellow fever in New York City, and explain how a dengue virus subgenomic RNA disrupts immunity in mosquito salivary glands to increase virus replication. Hosts...

9 Sep 20171h 58min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

dumma-manniskor
p3-dystopia
allt-du-velat-veta
svd-nyhetsartiklar
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
rss-ufo-bortom-rimligt-tvivel-2
ufo-sverige
dumforklarat
halsorevolutionen
rss-spraket
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
bildningspodden
sexet
paranormalt-med-caroline-giertz
rss-vetenskapsradion
medicinvetarna
det-morka-psyket
vetenskapsradion
hacka-livet
rss-personlighetspodden