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Tag: variola

TWiV 478: A pox on your horse

  • January 28, 2018

The TWiV team explains how infectious horsepox virus – likely the ancestor of smallpox vaccines – was recovered from chemically synthesized DNA fragments.

TWiV 294: Smallpox and anthrax and flu, oh my!

  • July 20, 2014

The TWiV team reviews the discovery of old vials of smallpox virus at NIH, anthrax and influenza mishaps at CDC, the baby who was not cured of HIV, Cambridge Working Group, and sacking of NSABB members.

TWiV 288: ebircsnart esreveR

  • June 8, 2014

The Twivsters discuss how reverse transcriptase encoded in the human genome might produce DNA copies of RNA viruses in infected cells.

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