Vinny and the capsids answer listener questions about the definition of life, state vaccination laws, the basic science funding problem, viral ecology, inactivation of viruses by pressure, and much more.
TWiV 164: Six steps forward, four steps back
- January 1, 2012
- Tagged as: AIDS, anti-vaccine, bioterrorism, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, dengue, H5N1, hepatitis C virus, hiv, hpv, human papillomavirus, influenza, NSABB, panic virus, polio eradication, prostate cancer, retrovirus, symbiosis, vaccination, viral, viral oncotherapy, virology, virus, wolbachia, XMRV, zinc finger
Vincent, Alan, and Rich review ten compelling virology stories of 2011.
TWiV 90: Guano happens
- July 11, 2010
- Tagged as: bat, deep sequencing, flavivirus, gbv, hepatitis g virus, Smallpox, vaccination, Vaccine, vaccinia, viral, virology, virome, virus
Vincent, Alan, Rich and Eric discuss identification of viruses in Northeastern American bats, vaccinia virus infection after sexual contact with a military vaccinee, and identification of a new flavivirus from an Old World bat in Bangladesh.
TWiV 37: Open access
- June 21, 2009
- Tagged as: Chikungunya, CHO cell, H1N1, influenza, open access journal, pandemic, swine flu, TWiV, vaccination, Vaccine, vesivirus, viral, virology, virus
Vincent, Alan, and Eric Freed talk about vesivirus contamination of bioreactors, pandemic influenza, maximizing the effect of vaccination by targeting children, chikungunya virus, and open access scientific journals.