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TWiV 566: Chicken gumbo and a corona

  • September 22, 2019
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, amyloid, exonuclease, herpesvirus, nanoparticle, proofreading, protein corona, quasispecies, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV team reveals the protein corona that surrounds virus particles and influences infectivity and amyloid aggregation, and a proofreading-impaired herpesvirus that produces quasispecies-like populations.

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TWiV 543: Stoned and senile

  • April 14, 2019
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, amoebae, dementia, giant virus, herpes simplex virus 1, histone, horizontal gene transfer, Medusavirus, memory loss, mouse model, NCLDV, neurodegereration, reactivation, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV team discusses Medusavirus, isolated from a hot spring in Japan, and induction of hallmarks of neurodegeneration by recurrent herpes simplex virus 1 infection of mice.

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TWiV 528: Our annual recapsidation

  • January 6, 2019
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, dengue, Ebola, herpesvirus, horsepox, influenza virus, insect, RNA virus, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses, wolbachia

In the first episode for 2019, the TWiV team reviews the amazing virology stories of the past year.

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TWiV 519: Fishing for viruses in senile

  • November 11, 2018
  • Tagged as: acyclovir, alzheimer's disease, amyloid plaque, antiviral, beta amyloid, herpes simplex virus, HSV-1, senile dementia, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiVomers review a potential role for herpes simplex virus type 1 as a cause of Alzheimer’s Disease, including the finding that amyloid-beta acts as an antiviral by enveloping virus particles.

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TWiV 505: Rosebola

  • August 5, 2018
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, ebola virus, exanthem subitum, herpesvirus, hhv-6, HHV-7, human herpesvirus, persistence, recrudescence, roseola, transmission, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV hosts review persistence of Ebola virus after the end of the Liberian outbreak, and the potential role of two herpesviruses in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease.

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TWiV 46: Virus entry into cells

  • August 23, 2009
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, colony collapse disorder, endocytosis, H1N1, influenza, israel acute paralysis virus, plant virus, potato virus y, receptor, swine flu, viral, virology, virus, virus entry

Vincent and Dick continue virology 101 with a discussion of virus entry into cells, then answer reader email on colony collapse disorder and viruses that confer a benefit to their host.

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