Tag: sarcoma

TWiV 400: Harold ‘400’ Varmus, a scientist for all seasons

July 31, 2016
Tagged as: cancer, Harold Varmus, Michael Bishop, Nobel Prize, oncogene, ras, rous sarcoma virus, sarcoma, src, tyrosine kinase, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV team is together in New York City for a conversation with Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus about his remarkable career in science.

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TWiV 214: This is your brain on polyomavirus

January 6, 2013
Tagged as: adenovirus, chemokine, coagulation factor, cytokine, factor X, gene therapy, innate immunity, malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, polyomavirus, sarcoma, TLR4, tumor, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss how coagulation factor X binding to adenovirus activates the innate immune system, and a novel polyomavirus associated with brain tumors in raccoons.

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TWiV 163: What Rous wrought

December 25, 2011
Tagged as: cancer, peyton rous, reverse transcriptase, rous sarcoma virus, sarcoma, src, tumor virus, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Dickson, Rich, and Alan review the 100 year old finding by Peyton Rous of a transmissible sarcoma of chickens, a discovery that ushered in the era of tumor virology.

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TWiV 160: Moore tumor viruses

December 4, 2011
Tagged as: cancer, kaposi, kshv, merkel, polyomavirus, sarcoma, tumor virus, viral, virology, virus

The TWiV team speaks with Patrick Moore about his discovery, with Yuan Chang, of two human tumor viruses, Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus.

Tag: sarcoma

TWiV 400: Harold ‘400’ Varmus, a scientist for all seasons

TWiV 214: This is your brain on polyomavirus

TWiV 163: What Rous wrought

TWiV 160: Moore tumor viruses

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