TWiV 278: Flushing HIV down the zinc
Mar 30, 2014•1 hr 43 min
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Episode description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy discuss disruption of the ccr5 gene in lymphocytes of patients infected with HIV-1.
Links for this episode- Gene editing of ccr5 in AIDS patients (NEJM)
- HIV gets the zinc finger (TWiV 144)
- Genome engineering with zinc finger nucleases (Genetics)
- Photo credit: Watty's Wall Stuff
- Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate t-shirt design (thanks, Christophe)
- Letters read on TWiV 278
Alan - Digital scale model of solar systemDickson - Font of knowledgeVincent - Measles outbreaks trends, and NYC measles (one, two)Kathy - Winner, funding basic science to revolutionize medicine
Listener Pick of the WeekStephen & Jon - Watty's Wall StuffJohyne - Macro views of snowflakesRicardo & Stephen - Vaccine exemptionsBill - Books by John JanovyMarshall - Animation of DNA replicationSteve - Debunking influenza vaccine myths
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