TWiV 163: What Rous wrought
Vincent, Dickson, Rich, and Alan review the 100 year old finding by Peyton Rous of a transmissible sarcoma of chickens, a discovery that ushered in the era of tumor virology.
25 Dec 20111h 41min
TWiV 162: Transcription
Vincent, Rich, and Alan continue Virology 101 with a discussion of transcription, the process of making mRNA from a DNA template.
18 Dec 20111h 33min
TWiV #161 - Concerto in B
Vincent, Rich, Alan and Gabriel review the production of antibodies by B cells, and how high affinity antibodies are selected in the germinal centers of lymph nodes.
11 Dec 20111h 57min
TWiV #160 - Moore tumor viruses
The TWiV team speaks with Patrick Moore about his discovery, with Yuan Chang, of two human tumor viruses, Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus.
4 Dec 20111h 49min
TWiV #159 - Flu gets the REDD light
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review concern over an influenza H5N1 transmission experiment, and a new host defense protein against RNA viruses.
27 Nov 20111h 19min
TWiV #158 - Wolverines go viral
Vincent and Rich visit the Microbiology and Immunology Department at the University of Michigan Medical School, and speak with Alice and Kathy about their work on HIV genome dimerization, and packagin...
20 Nov 20111h 26min
TWiV #157 - Better innate than never
A large TWiV panel remembers Ralph Steinman, and considers a new innate sensor of retroviral capsids.
14 Nov 20112h 4min
TWiV #156 - Armed and targeted killer meta-analysis
Vincent, Rich, and Dickson review a meta-analysis on influenza vaccine, a killer virus in fungi that selects against RNAi, and the use of armed and targeted poxviruses for oncolytic virotherapy.
5 Nov 20111h 34min
