TWiV 272: Give peas a chance
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiV team describes aphid control by using a viral capsid protein to deliver a spider toxin to plants, and a human endogenous retrovirus that enhances expression of a neuronal gene.
Links for this episode- Toxin delivery to plants by viral capsid protein (Nat Biotech)
- Pea enation mosaic virus (ViralZone)
- Image credit: Aphid membrane feeding chamber (Sci Rep)
- Aphid feeding chamber (YouTube)
- Parafilm (Wikipedia)
- Human endogenous retrovirus enhances neural gene (PNAS)
- Flu, common cold, alternative medicine (NCCAM)
- Cold vs flu (CDC)
- Phage hunters
- Bed bugs and infectious disease (PLoS Path)
- Letters read on TWiV 272
Alan - Statistical error (Nature)
Rich - 12 oldest animal species
Dickson - When liquids collide
Vincent - HIV denial and just asking questions
Kathy - Sun's canyon of fire
Sandra - Women physicists keep female students psyched
Judi - HHMI's Biointeractive
Jacob - Influenza virus HA
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