TWiV 452: Kiss that frog
Lynda Coughlan joins the weekly virtual bus companions for a discussion of a host defense peptide from frogs that destroys influenza virus, and mouse models for acute and chronic hepacivirus infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Lynda Coughlan
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Links for this episode- Linda on Virus Watch and BSGCT
- Anti-influenza peptide from frogs (Immunity)
- Magainins (Wikipedia)
- Urumi
- Kathy's defensin paper (PLoS Path)
- World Hepatitis Day
- Mouse model for hepacivirus infection (Science)
- Letters read on TWiV 452
Kathy - US rivers as subway map
Lynda - No Time to Lose: A Life in Pursuit of Deadly Viruses by Peter Piot
Alan - Apollo-era computers found in dead engineer’s basement
Vincent - 110 NFL Brains, research article in JAMA and The best science is often accidental
Stig - Security Now! and The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Ricardo - John Oliver on Vaccines
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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