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Tag: avian influenza H7N9

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TWiV 246: Pandora, pandemics, and privacy

  • August 18, 2013
  • Tagged as: avian influenza H7N9, fouchier, gain of function, genome, hela, Henrietta Lacks, kawaoka, mimivirus, Pandoravirus, sequence, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Kathy discuss the huge Pandoravirus, virologists planning H7N9 gain of function experiments, and limited access to the HeLa cell genome sequence.

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TWiV 230: Gene goes to Washington, flu chickens out

  • April 28, 2013
  • Tagged as: aerosol, avian influenza H7N9, China, ferret, gene patent, H5N1, poultry, receptor binding, Shanghai, sialic acid, Supreme Court of the United States, transmission, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Rich, Alan and Kathy review H7N9 infections in China, the debate over patenting genes, and receptor-binding by ferret-transmissible avian H5 influenza virus.

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