TWiV 425: All picornaviruses, all the time
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVaniellos discuss a thermostable poliovirus empty capsid vaccine, and two cell genes that act as a switch between entry and clearance of picornavirus infection.
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Links for this episode- Register for ASV 2017
- ASM-ASV Conference on Interplay of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens
- XKCD #242
- Thermostable poliovirus empty capsid vaccine (PLoS Path)
- Switch between viral entry and clearance (Nature)
- Glass poliovirus by Jason Roberts
- Letters read on TWiV 425
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