TWiV 329: Pox in the balance
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV team reviews identification of immune biomarkers in CFS/ME patients, and how a cell nuclease controls the innate immune response to vaccinia virus infection.
Links for this episode- Immune signatures in ME/CFS (Science Adv) 11:15
- Systemic exertion intolerance disease (Lancet) 19:50
- Cell nuclease controls anti-viral responses (Cell Host Micr) 25:10
- Poxvirus decapping enzymes prevent innate responses (Cell Host Micr) 1:15:40
- Caps off to poxviruses (Cell Host Micr)
- Drummer Mohr (YouTube) 1:24:05
- Bornavirus in squirrel breeders (ProMedMail) 1:28:45
- Principles of Microbial Diversity 5:30
- Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 1:24:25
- Cross-stitch by Anne Marie 1:34:40
- Letters read on TWiV 329 1:25:00
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
Weekly Science Picks 1:35:10Alan - NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory video
Rich - Mutagenic chain reaction (Video: Genome editing with CRISPR)
Kathy - Science Ambassadors Program
Dickson - Street Art
Vincent - End Polio Now
Ross - Three PhD Comics on Nature vs Science (one, two, three)
Ricardo - Demographic Party Trick
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