This Week in Virology

TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.

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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 69 days 6 hours 38 minutes

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TWiV #154 - Symbiotic safecrackers


Vincent, Alan, and Rich are very enthusiastic about two studies that show how gut bacteria help viral invaders.


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 October 22, 2011  1h17m
 
 

TWiV #153 - Rabid reindeer and protective prions


Vincent, Alan, and Rich review an outbreak of rabies in arctic foxes and reindeer in Norway, and a prion that makes you go antiviral.


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 October 16, 2011  1h31m
 
 

TWiV #152 - Viromes in the effluence of society


Vincent, Alan, and Rich cover the virome of raw sewage, and a baculovirus gene that causes caterpillars to climb to their doom.


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 October 9, 2011  1h23m
 
 

TWiV #151 - Dear TWiVers


Vincent, Alan, and Rich review questions and comments from TWiV listeners.


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 October 2, 2011  1h21m
 
 

TWiV #150 - Contaminated


Vincent, Dickson, and Rich meant to do an all-email episode, but first they review results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group, and partial retraction of the paper associating XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome.


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 September 25, 2011  1h33m
 
 

TWiV #149 - Live at ICAAC in the Windy City


Vincent, Rich, Mark, and Trine discuss science and medicine in journalism and the eradication of poliovirus at the 51st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC).


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 September 18, 2011  1h26m
 
 

TWiV #148 - Retreating into Harvard virology


Vincent, Philip, David, and Priscilla recorded this episode before an audience at the Harvard Virology Program Annual Retreat, where they discussed negative strand RNA viruses, a vaccine against herpes simplex virus type 2, lipidomics of viral...


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 September 12, 2011  1h17m
 
 

TWiV #147 - Debugging dengue


The complete TWiV gang discusses the use of Wolbachia to control mosquito-borne infections.


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 September 4, 2011  1h29m
 
 

TWiV #146 - Draco's potion


Vincent, Rich, and Abbie review a broad spectrum antiviral protein, and selective pressure applied by a failed HIV-1 vaccine.


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 August 28, 2011  1h47m
 
 

TWiV #145 - The inVinceable TWiV


Alan and Rich tackle the discovery of bacteriophages, and treating influenza by calming the cytokine storm.


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 August 17, 2011  1h26m