Marcus writes: Hi twivsters! Thanks for yet another year of great podcasting. After last year’s success with the twiebov-episodes (this week in ebola virus), I thought you might like to do some similar episodes on…

Mohammad writes: re: Camels win Santa’s heart Dear Dr. Racaniello and TWiV team, This is Mohammad, your biggest fan from Saudi Arabia, Riyadh in particular. I’ve been listening to TWIV since 2011. It all started…

Rich writes: Twiveroonies, It is the morning after recording TWiV 368. In Sunriver it is 30 F (-1 C) , overcast with some sun expected, and thankfully very little additional precipitation in the forecast. I…

Ken writes: Hi Vincent and Co. (there must be a better term for a group of virologists, a plaque of virologists perhaps?). A couple of quick comments on TWiV 367: First, great to hear Coyne…

Judi writes: too late for halloween, but … 3 vampires walk into a bar. The first 2 ask for blood, the third asks for serum. Bartender says  “let me get this straight;  2 bloods and…

Johannes writes: Dear TWiV Team, hereby I want to inform you of a little flaw in your knowledge about Ötzi the iceman. This summer I visited the museum where Ötzi is stored in a cooling…

Fiona writes: Firstly, we would like to thank you for the segment on the current debate as to the mechanism of how viruses can become attenuated through wholescale genome modification. We really appreciated the comments…

Johnye writes: Wouldn’t have known about AAV but for you and Dr. King. Thank you. Johnye http://hms.harvard.edu/news/ancestry-design?utm_source=Silverpop&utm_medium=email&utm_content=s1&utm_campaign=08.17.15.HMS Johnye Ballenger, M. D., FAAP Johnye writes: Does this qualify as “gain of function”? “According to Vandenberghe, generating…