TWiV #10 - Bats, elephants, and AIDS
Dec 04, 2008•40 min
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Episode description
Vincent, DIck, and Alan chat about reconstruction of a bat SARS-like coronavirus, herpesviruses that are killing elephants in zoos, and a plan to eradicate AIDS in ten years.
Links for this episode:
The Virology Network at socialmedian.com.
The bat SARS-like coronavirus: scientific article in PNAS, and the Wired Science article.
NY Times Editorial on eradicating AIDS.
Herpesviruses killing elephants.
Science podcast pick of the week: Futures in Biotech.
Science book of the week: Principles of Molecular Virology, by AJ Cann.
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