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

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TWiV #143 - Live at ASV in Minneapolis

TWiV #143 - Live at ASV in Minneapolis

Vincent, Rich, Julie and Stacey recorded TWiV at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Minneapolis, where they discussed the role of neutralizing antibodies in protection aga...

24 Juli 20111h 5min

TWiV #142 - Viral oinkotherapy

TWiV #142 - Viral oinkotherapy

Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss a method for identifying viruses of individual environmental bacteria, and the using a picornavirus for oncotherapy.

17 Juli 20111h 35min

TWiV #141 - Mickey gets HCV

TWiV #141 - Mickey gets HCV

Matt Evans joins Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich to deconstruct a mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection.

10 Juli 20111h 37min

TWiV #140 - An aptitude for microbicides

TWiV #140 - An aptitude for microbicides

Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Judy Lieberman review the use of CD4 aptamer-siRNA chimeras to inhibit HIV transmission.

3 Juli 20111h 31min

TWiV #139 - Honey, I shrunk the virus

TWiV #139 - Honey, I shrunk the virus

Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.

26 Juni 20111h 20min

TWiV #138 - RISCy business with Raul Andino

TWiV #138 - RISCy business with Raul Andino

Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.

19 Juni 20111h 12min

TWiV #137 - Look what the dog dragged in

TWiV #137 - Look what the dog dragged in

The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus.

12 Juni 20111h 36min

TWiV #136 - Exit XMRV

TWiV #136 - Exit XMRV

Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer.

6 Juni 20111h 23min

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