The TWiVers present mitoviruses, which infect mitochondria, and how quasi-enveloped hepatitis A virus gets naked again.
Vincent speaks with Stan Lemon about his career in virology, from early work on Epstein Barr virus, through making essential discoveries about hepatitis A virus, hepatitis C virus, and rhinoviruses.
TWiV 365: Blood, feuds, and a foodborne disease
- November 29, 2015
- Tagged as: blood, Charpentier, CRISPR/Cas9, Doudna, evolution, flavivirus, GB virus C, genome editing, HAV, hepacivirus, hepatitis, hepatitis A virus, hepatovirus, mammals, origins, pegivirus, picornavirus, Siksnys, transfusion, viral, virology, virus, viruses, Zhang
For a TWiV Thanksgiving, Vincent, Alan, and Kathy trace the feud over genome editing, a new virus discovered in human blood, and the origins of hepatitis A virus.
The TWiV team discusses recent cases of polio-like paralysis in California, and the virome of 14th century paleofeces.