TWiV #136 - Exit XMRV
Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer.
Jun 06, 2011•1 hr 24 min
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TWiV #135 - Live in the Big Easy
Vincent and guests Rachel Katzenellenbogen, Roger Hendrix, and Harmit Malik recorded TWiV #135 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, where they discussed transformation and oncogenesis by human papillomaviruses, the amazing collection of bacteriophages on the planet, and the evolution of genetic conflict between virus and host.
May 29, 2011•1 hr 27 min
TWiV #134 - Meet Ralph, your cruise director
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD.
May 22, 2011•1 hr 34 min
TWiV #133 - The HIV hideout
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson discuss the cellular reservoir of HIV-1 with Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD.
May 15, 2011•1 hr 27 min
TWiV #132 - Virology 911
Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about viral infections encountered in the emergency room.
May 09, 2011•1 hr 40 min
TWiV #131 - A REOstat for cancer
Vincent, Alan, and Dickson chat with Brad Thompson, CEO of Oncolytics Biotech, about using reovirus to treat cancer.
May 01, 2011•1 hr 27 min
TWiV #130 - Rhino tracking, wrestling pox, and HCV in the crosshairs
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss growth in culture of newly identified rhinovirus C, vaccinia transmission among wrestlers and martial artists, and results of phase III clinical trial of boceprevir, a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication.
Apr 24, 2011•1 hr 33 min
TWiV #129 - We've got mail
Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Rich answer listener questions about XMRV, yellow fever vaccine, virus-like particles, West Nile virus, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and human endogenous retroviruses, multiplicity of infection, and how to make a poxvirus.
Apr 17, 2011•1 hr 33 min
TWiV #128 - Virologists in the mist
Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Welkin review how a virus regulates the severity of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics, and human metapneumovirus infection in gorillas.
Apr 10, 2011•1 hr 32 min
TWiV #127 - Viruses are no joke
Vincent, Alan, and Rich explore a novel bunyavirus isolated in China, the recent polio outbreak in Republic of the Congo, and cell to cell transmission of a retrovirus by biofilm-like extracellular assemblies.
Apr 03, 2011•1 hr 26 min
TWiV #126 - Wart's up, doc?
Virologist Michelle Ozbun and the TWiV team review the biology of human papillomaviruses.
Mar 27, 2011•1 hr 36 min
TWiV #125 - TWiV infects FiB
This Week in Virology and Futures in Biotech join together in a science mashup to talk about a virophage at the origin of DNA transposons, and unintended spread of a recombinant retrovirus.
Mar 20, 2011•1 hr 21 min
TWiV #124 - Viruses that make you better
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich, and Grant discuss a tanapoxvirus protein that inhibits tumor necrosis factor, purging tumors with myxoma virus, and destruction of the last known stocks of smallpox virus.
Mar 13, 20110
TWiV #123 - Contaminated prostates, absolute truth, and bleached worms
Vincent, Alan, and Rich talk about XMRV integration sites in prostate tumor DNA, the decline effect and scientific method, and the first virus of Caenorhabditis nematodes.
Mar 06, 2011•1 hr 33 min
TWiV #122 - More fun than a monkey full of viruses
The complete TWiV crew teams up with Welkin Johnson to explore the other AIDS epidemic, infection of monkeys with simian immunodeficiency virus, and its restriction by the cellular protein TRIM5.
Feb 27, 2011•1 hr 47 min
TWiV #121 - Huskies go viral
A conversation about careers in virology, systems biology, innate immunity, and antiviral research recorded at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Feb 20, 2011•1 hr 30 min
TWiV 120: Ed Niles, a Km Vmax kind of guy
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Rich Condit , and Ed Niles Vincent, Rich, and Ed discuss the transition from academic scientist to government work, the general program of drug and vaccine development in the biodefense world and at BARDA, and career opportunities for scientists in government. Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode: ACAM2000 smallpox vaccine Bavarian Nordic's smallpox vaccine Imvamune and phase II trial Rich and Ed's paper on bacteriophage T7 mRNAs Quandaries of dengue vaccin...
Feb 13, 2011•1 hr 47 min
TWiV #119 - Science and journalism with David Tuller
Vincent and journalist David Tuller converse about the state of science reporting by the press.
Feb 06, 2011•1 hr
TWiV #118 - The virus always rings twice
Vincent, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about vaccinia virus, fungal viruses, synthetic viruses, influenza vaccine, HeLa cells, multiplicity of infection, and much more.
Jan 30, 2011•1 hr 35 min
TWiV #117 - The Panic Virus with Seth Mnookin
Vincent and Rich converse with Seth Mnookin, author of The Panic Virus, about vaccines, autism, thimerosal, and a contagion of human unreason run wild.
Jan 23, 2011•1 hr 36 min
TWiV #116 - Cocaine, colonies, and chickens
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review an adenovirus-based vaccine strategy against drug addiction, a field trial of RNAi to prevent Israeli acute paralysis virus infection in honeybees, and suppression of avian influenza transmission in transgenic chickens.
Jan 16, 2011•1 hr 29 min
TWiV #115 - Color me infected
Vincent, Alan, Rich and Marc discuss the finding that a limited number of incoming herpesviral genomes can replicate and express in a cell, and controlling viral replication inAedes aegypti with a Wolbachia symbiont.
Jan 09, 2011•1 hr 57 min
TWiV #114 - Ten out of '10
Vincent, Alan, and Rich revisit ten compelling virology stories of 2010.
Jan 02, 2011•1 hr 28 min
TWiV #113 - Alan Rein on XMRV
Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss the retrovirus XMRV with retrovirologist Alan Rein of the National Cancer Institute.
Dec 26, 2010•1 hr 16 min
TWiV #112 - Creating a killer poxvirus
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review the making of a virulent poxvirus by insertion of the gene encoding IL-4, and severe 2009 H1N1 influenza due to pathogenic immune complexes.
Dec 19, 2010•1 hr 38 min
TWiV #111 - Live at Florida Gulf Coast University
The TWiV crew meets with members of the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District at Florida Gulf Coast University to discuss dengue in Florida and how to control it.
Dec 13, 2010•1 hr 45 min
TWiV #110 - CSI virology
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss bacteria that can utilize arsenic in place of phosphorus, the passing of Frank Fenner, polio outbreak in The Congo, solving criminal cases of HIV transmission, and classifying viruses by capsid structure.
Dec 05, 2010•1 hr 34 min
TWiV #109 - Virologia en México
Vincent visits Mexico City and speaks with Rosa Maria del Angel and Ana Lorena Gutiérrez about virology in Mexico, and their work on dengue and caliciviruses.
Nov 29, 2010•1 hr 20 min
TWiV #108 - Barking up the right Tre
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Saul review the evolution of HIV-1 specific recombinases, and down-regulation of a host microRNA by a viral noncoding RNA.
Nov 21, 2010•1 hr 29 min
TWiV #107 - Warning - this virus contains email
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich answer listener questions about poliovirus, social media, dengue, influenza, evolution, gel filtration, and much more.
Nov 15, 2010•1 hr 34 min
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