Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy discuss disruption of the ccr5 gene in lymphocytes of patients infected with HIV-1.
Click arrow to play
Download TWiV 278 (74 MB .mp3, 103 min)
Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email
Links for this episode
- Gene editing of ccr5 in AIDS patients (NEJM)
- HIV gets the zinc finger (TWiV 144)
- Genome engineering with zinc finger nucleases (Genetics)
- Photo credit: Watty’s Wall Stuff
- Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate t-shirt design (thanks, Christophe)
- Letters read on TWiV 278
Weekly Science Picks
Alan – Digital scale model of solar system
Dickson – Font of knowledge
Vincent – Measles outbreaks trends, and NYC measles (one, two)
Kathy – Winner, funding basic science to revolutionize medicine
Listener Pick of the Week
Stephen & Jon – Watty’s Wall Stuff
Johyne – Macro views of snowflakes
Ricardo & Stephen – Vaccine exemptions
Bill – Books by John Janovy
Marshall – Animation of DNA replication
Steve – Debunking influenza vaccine myths
Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@microbe.tv
One comment on “TWiV 278: Flushing HIV down the zinc”