TWiV 288: ebircsnart esreveR
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The Twivsters discuss how reverse transcriptase encoded in the human genome might produce DNA copies of RNA viruses in infected cells.
Links for this episode- Should variola virus be destroyed? (poll at virology blog)
- DNA complementary to non-retroviral RNA viruses (Sci Rep)
- Integration of arenavirus DNA into cell genome (virology blog)
- Infectious respiratory syncytial DNA (PNAS)
- Tysabri and PML
- JC and PML (J Imm Res)
- Igor Koralnik laboratory
- Jean-Luc Doumont (Kathy's pick, TWiV 268)
- Bullet points kill (TED)
- Letters read on TWiV 288
Rich - Luvalamps
Alan - Experiment
Vincent - American Society for Virology on Facebook
Kathy - LEGO female scientists
Dickson - The Oldest Living Things in the World by Rachel Sussman
Basel - A Treatise on the small-pox and measles by Abu-Bakr Al-Razi
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