TWiV 455: Pork and genes
- August 20, 2017
- Tagged as: computer security, CRISPR/Cas9, DNA based exploit, IFIH1, loss of function, Mda5, organ transplant, PERV, PERV free pig, porcine endogenous retrovirus, remote code execution, respiratory syncytial virus, rhinovirus, severe viral respiratory infection, viral, virology, virus
Erin joins the TWiVirions to discuss a computer exploit encoded in DNA, creation of pigs free of endogenous retroviruses, and mutations in the gene encoding an innate sensor of RNA in children with severe viral respiratory disease.