Tag: Henrietta Lacks

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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 227: Lacks security and bad poultry

April 7, 2013
Tagged as: avian influenza, BSL-4, eradication, genome sequence, guanarito, H7N9, HeLa cell, Henrietta Lacks, pandemic, pigeon, poliovirus, poultry, viral, virology, virus, WHO

The complete TWiV team reviews the controversial publication of the HeLa cell genome, a missing vial of Guanarito virus in a BSL-4 facility, and human infections with avian influenza H7N9 virus.

Tag: Henrietta Lacks

TWiV 246: Pandora, pandemics, and privacy

TWiV 227: Lacks security and bad poultry

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