TWiV #22 - Viral bioinformatics
Feb 28, 2009•59 min
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Episode description
In episode 22 of This Week in Virology, host Vincent Racaniello and guest host Chris Upton, a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the University of Victoria in Vancouver, Canada, converse about hepatitis B in India, AIDS gene therapy with a ribozyme, antibodies that neutralize many influenza virus strains, killing tumors with vaccinia virus, myxoma virus of rabbits, and the Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center.
Links in the episode indlude:
- Hepatitis B outbreak in India
- AIDS gene therapy clinical trial
- Antibodies that neutralize many influenza virus strains (papers 1 and 2)
- Vaccinia virus as an oncolytic agent
- Mutations that attenuate myxoma virus in rabbits
- Viral Bioinformatics Resource Center
Science blog of the week: The VBRC blog by Chris Upton Science podcast pick of the week: Nova ScienceNow Science book of the week: The Hot Zone by Richard Preston
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