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TWiV 545: Biocrimes and misdemeanors

  • April 28, 2019
  • Tagged as: Australia List Pathogens, biocrime, biodefense, Biopreparat, biosafety, biosecurity, biosurety, bioterrorism, biowarfare, bioweapon, Priority Pathogens, Risk Group Agents, Select Agents, vector, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Jens Kuhn returns to TWiV to explain Select Agents, Priority Pathogens, Australia List Pathogens, Risk Group Agents, biosafety, biosecurity, and biosurety.

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TWiV 508: Bioweapon

  • August 26, 2018
  • Tagged as: biocrime, biodefense, Biopreparat, bioterrorism, biowarfare, bioweapon, Soviet Union, vector, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector.

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TWiV 422: Watching the icosahedron drop

  • January 1, 2017
  • Tagged as: 2016 in review, animal model, ebolavirus, evolution, Harold Varmus, mosquito, mutualism, Vaccine, vector, viral, virology, virus, viruses, Zika virus
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The TWiVestigators wrap up 2016 with a discussion of the year’s ten compelling virology stories.

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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 350: Viral gene therapy with Katherine High

  • August 16, 2015
  • Tagged as: aav, adeno-associated virus, blindness, factor IX, gene therapy, hemophilia, Katherine High, Leber's congenital amaurosis, monogenetic, vector, viral, virology, virus

Vincent speaks with Katherine High about her career and her work on using viral gene therapy to treat inherited disorders.

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TWiV 349: One ring to vaccinate them all

  • August 9, 2015
  • Tagged as: 16S, 23S, ebolavirus, Guinea, mRNA, phase III trial, protein synthesis, ribosome, ring vaccination, tethered ribosome, translation, Vaccine, vector, viral, virology, virus, VSV

Vincent, Alan and Rich explain how to make a functional ribosome with tethered subunits, and review the results of a phase III VSV-vectored Ebolavirus vaccine trial in Guinea.

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TWiV 268: Transmission is inevitable

  • January 19, 2014
  • Tagged as: aphid, bat, cauliflower mosaic virus, caulimovirus, Coursera, cytoskeleton, flight, fomite, genome, immunity, pararetrovirus, physician office, transmission, vector, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan, Kathy, and Ashlee discuss fomites in physicians offices, plant virus factories involved in aphid transmission, and clues from the bat genome about flight and immunity.

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TWiV 244: Back in the CVVR

  • August 4, 2013
  • Tagged as: adenovirus, AIDS, hiv, human immunodeficiency virus, innate immunity, poxvirus, STEP trial, Thai trial, Vaccine, vector, viral, virology, virus

This episode of TWiV was recorded before an audience at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where Vincent and Alan spoke with Dan and Jeff about AIDS vaccines.

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TWIV 236: Flu gets the VIP treatment

  • June 9, 2013
  • Tagged as: aav, adeno-associated virus, broadly neutralizing antibody, codon pair bias, ferret, HA, hemagglutinin, influenza, mouse, NA, neuraminidase, Vaccine, vector, vectored immunoprophylaxis, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Alan and Kathy review novel approaches to preventing influenza virus infection.

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TWiV 168: Super CalTech prophylaxis and ferret runny noses

  • January 29, 2012
  • Tagged as: aav, adeno-associated virus, AIDS, antibody, evolution, ferret, H5N1, immunoprophylaxis, influenza, receptor, vector, viral, virology, virus

Welkin joins the TWiV team for a discussion of HIV prophylaxis using vectored antibodies, and the influenza H5N1 virus studies in ferrets that were not redacted.

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