TWiV 452: Kiss that frog

This Week in Virology

Jul 29, 2017•1 hr 53 min

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Episode description

Lynda Coughlan joins the weekly virtual bus companions for a discussion of a host defense peptide from frogs that destroys influenza virus, and mouse models for acute and chronic hepacivirus infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Lynda Coughlan

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Links for this episode

Linda on Virus Watch and BSGCT
Anti-influenza peptide from frogs (Immunity)
Magainins (Wikipedia)
Urumi
Kathy's defensin paper (PLoS Path)
World Hepatitis Day
Mouse model for hepacivirus infection (Science)
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