TWiV #159 - Flu gets the REDD light
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review concern over an influenza H5N1 transmission experiment, and a new host defense protein against RNA viruses.
Nov 27, 2011•1 hr 20 min
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TWiV #158 - Wolverines go viral
Vincent and Rich visit the Microbiology and Immunology Department at the University of Michigan Medical School, and speak with Alice and Kathy about their work on HIV genome dimerization, and packaging and pathogenesis of mouse adenovirus.
Nov 20, 2011•1 hr 27 min
TWiV #157 - Better innate than never
A large TWiV panel remembers Ralph Steinman, and considers a new innate sensor of retroviral capsids.
Nov 14, 2011•2 hr 5 min
TWiV #156 - Armed and targeted killer meta-analysis
Vincent, Rich, and Dickson review a meta-analysis on influenza vaccine, a killer virus in fungi that selects against RNAi, and the use of armed and targeted poxviruses for oncolytic virotherapy.
Nov 05, 2011•1 hr 34 min
TWiV #155 - XXII Brazilian National Virology Meeting
Vincent, Grant, Eurico, Paulo, Francisco and Janice discuss their work on bocavirus, infectious bronchitis virus, begamoviruses, and circoviruses at the Brazilian Virology Society meeting in Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil.
Oct 30, 2011•1 hr 33 min
TWiV #154 - Symbiotic safecrackers
Vincent, Alan, and Rich are very enthusiastic about two studies that show how gut bacteria help viral invaders.
Oct 22, 2011•1 hr 17 min
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.
Oct 16, 2011•1 hr 32 min
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 .
Oct 09, 2011•1 hr 23 min
TWiV #151 - Dear TWiVers
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review questions and comments from TWiV listeners .
Oct 02, 2011•1 hr 21 min
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 .
Sep 24, 2011•1 hr 33 min
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).
Sep 17, 2011•1 hr 26 min
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 infection, and science communication.
Sep 11, 2011•1 hr 17 min
TWiV #147 - Debugging dengue
The complete TWiV gang discusses the use of Wolbachia to control mosquito-borne infections .
Sep 04, 2011•1 hr 29 min
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.
Aug 28, 2011•1 hr 47 min
TWiV #145 - The inVinceable TWiV
Alan and Rich tackle the discovery of bacteriophages, and treating influenza by calming the cytokine storm.
Aug 16, 2011•1 hr 27 min
TWiV #144 - HIV gets the (zinc) finger
Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss live blogging of scientific meetings, the current outbreak of Hendra virus is Australia, and using zinc finger nucleases to make HIV-resistant CD4 cells.
Jul 31, 2011•1 hr 44 min
TWiV #143 - Live at ASV in Minneapolis
Vincent, Rich, Julie and Stacey recorded TWiV at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Virology in Minneapolis, where they discussed the role of neutralizing antibodies in protection against HIV-1 infection, and astroviruses, agents of gastroenteritis.
Jul 24, 2011•1 hr 6 min
TWiV #142 - Viral oinkotherapy
Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss a method for identifying viruses of individual environmental bacteria, and the using a picornavirus for oncotherapy.
Jul 17, 2011•1 hr 35 min
TWiV #141 - Mickey gets HCV
Matt Evans joins Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich to deconstruct a mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection.
Jul 10, 2011•1 hr 37 min
TWiV #140 - An aptitude for microbicides
Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Judy Lieberman review the use of CD4 aptamer-siRNA chimeras to inhibit HIV transmission.
Jul 03, 2011•1 hr 32 min
TWiV #139 - Honey, I shrunk the virus
Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.
Jun 26, 2011•1 hr 20 min
TWiV #138 - RISCy business with Raul Andino
Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila , the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.
Jun 19, 2011•1 hr 13 min
TWiV #137 - Look what the dog dragged in
The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus.
Jun 12, 2011•1 hr 36 min
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
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
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