TWiV #83 - An hour with Dr. Kiki
May 23, 2010•1 hr 31 min
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Episode description
On episode #83 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, Rich, and special guest Dr. Kirsten Sanford talk about her career in science media, then consider whether smallpox eradication led to the AIDS pandemic, high fidelity RNA synthesis, and a new Ebola virus vaccine.
Host links Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kirsten Sanford
Links for this episode:- Does smallpox vaccine protect against HIV? (thanks, Srinivas; Washington Post and BMC Immunology)
- Was the deltaCRR5 mutation fixed in the human population by smallpox?
- A proofreader in the SARS coronavirus genome
- New ebola vaccine protects monkeys
- House of Numbers trailer, website, Wikipedia article (thanks, Levi!)
- Letters read on TWiV 83
Alan - Evernote Rich - The Knife Man by Wendy Moore Vincent - The Pump Handle
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