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TWiV 354: The cat in the HAART

  • September 13, 2015
  • Tagged as: cat, feline immunodeficiency virus, FIV, gain of function, giant virus, influenza, kawaoka, Mollivirus, permafrost, Siberia, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus

The esteemed doctors of TWiV review a new giant virus recovered from the Siberian permafrost, why influenza virus gain of function experiments are valuable, and feline immunodeficiency virus.

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TWiV 321: aTRIP and a pause

  • January 25, 2015
  • Tagged as: aerosol transmission, apocalypse, aTRIP, ferret, fouchier, gain of function, H5N1, influenza virus, kawaoka, moratorium, National Academy of Sciences, NSABB, pause, rhetoric, viral, virology, virus

Paul joins the TWiV team to discuss the current moratorium on viral research to alter transmission, range and resistance, infectivity and immunity, and pathogenesis.

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TWiV 287: A potentially pandemic podcast

  • June 1, 2014
  • Tagged as: aerosol transmission, avian influenza H5N1, coronavirus, ferret, fouchier, gain of function, kawaoka, laboratory accident, MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome, Nuremberg, pandemic, SARS, viral, virology, virus

Matt updates the TWiV team on MERS-coronavirus, and joins in a discussion of whether we should further regulate research on potentially pandemic pathogens.

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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 182: One flu over the ferrets’ nest

  • May 6, 2012
  • Tagged as: avian influenza, bioterrorism, bioweapon, ferret, fouchier, H5N1, kawaoka, michael imperiale, NSABB, viral, virology, virus

Michael joins the TWiV crew to discuss the recently published influenza H5N1 transmission paper and how it was viewed by the NSABB.

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