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TWiV 759: Pork dogs and an evolutionary pickle

  • May 23, 2021
  • Tagged as: antigenic variation, B cell epitope, canine coronavirus, COVID-19, measles virus, pandemic, porcine coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, spillover, viral, virology, virus, viruses, zoonosis

TWiV examines spillovers of porcine and canine coronaviruses into humans in Haiti and Malaysia, and how antigenic evolution of measles virus is constrained by multiple co-dominant epitopes on the viral glycoproteins.

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TWiV 636: Georgia State viral

  • July 7, 2020
  • Tagged as: ebolavirus, IFN, immune modulation, influenza virus, innate immunity, measles virus, respiratory syncytial virus, rotavirus, viral, virology, virus, viruses

From Georgia State University, Vincent speaks with Chris, Andrew, Priya, and Richard about their careers and their work on Ebolaviruses, rotavirus, and antiviral drug development.

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TWiV 559: Nectin connection what’s your infection?

  • August 4, 2019
  • Tagged as: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ebolavirus outbreak, measles virus, nect, nectin, nectin-elicited cytoplasmic transfer, SSPE, transcytosis, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The complete TWiV team give a report on the Ebola virus outbreak in DRC, and reveal that cell surface nectin proteins cause the transfer of cytoplasmic cargo, including measles virus, between cells.

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TWiV 532: Morbillivirus had a little lamb

  • January 27, 2019
  • Tagged as: African swine fever, asfarvirus, fusion, gain of function, GOF, host range, measles virus, morbillivirus, pandemic, pandemic potential, peste des petits ruminants virus, PPRV, viral, virology, virus, wild boar

The TWiVers discuss the spread of African swine fever virus and its threat to pig farming, and the zoonotic potential of peste des petits ruminants virus.

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TWiV 395: The cancer thief

  • June 26, 2016
  • Tagged as: cancer, measles virus, multiple myeloma, oncolytic virotherapy, tumor, vector, vesicular stomatitis virus, viral, virology, virus, viruses
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From ASV 2016 at Virginia Tech, Vincent, Rich and Kathy speak with Stephen Russell about his career and his work on oncolytic virotherapy – using viruses to treat cancers.

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TWiV 340: No shift, measles

  • June 7, 2015
  • Tagged as: antigenic variation, backyard, biolabs, bsl3, bsl4, camel, coronavirus, influenza virus, measles virus, MERS-CoV, mutagenesis, mutation, outbreak, Richard Elliott, serosurvey, transposon, viral, virology, virus

The TWiV teams reviews a MERS-coronavirus serosurvey and an outbreak in South Korea, and constraints on measles virus antigenic variation.

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TWiV 298: MV-NIS de myelo

  • August 17, 2014
  • Tagged as: antiviral, Ebola, Guinea, hemorrhagic fever, Liberia, measles virus, multiple myeloma, oncolytic, oncotherapy, Sierra Leone, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus

The TWiV gang answers follow-up questions about the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, then discuss treatment of disseminated multiple myeloma with oncolytic measles virus.

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TWiV 286: Boston TWiV party

  • May 25, 2014
  • Tagged as: Boston University, bsl4, canine distemper virus, eradication, lipopolysaccharide, measles virus, microbiome, NEIDL, pathogenesis, poliovirus, stabilization, viral, virology, virus

Vincent and Alan meet up with Julie and Paul at the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Boston, to talk about their work on the pathogenesis of poliovirus and measles virus.

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