Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier
Vincent, Rich, and Dickson review a meta-analysis on influenza vaccine, a killer virus in fungi that selects against RNAi, and the use of armed and targeted poxviruses for oncolytic virotherapy.
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- Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccine (Lancet)
- Flu vaccine not as effective as thought (MPRNews)
- Blog posts on flu vaccine meta-analysis (virology blog, alandove, viva)
- Killer virus explains RNAi deficient fungi (Science)
- Poxvirus-based oncotherapy (Nature)
- Jennerex
- TWiV on Facebook
- Letters read on TWiV 156
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Concerning use of the prefix tetra: here’s a great web site that discusses, in depth, many such numerical adjectives: http://phrontistery.info/numbers.html
Great shew, as always.
Jim
Smithfield, VA