TWiV 320: Retroviruses and cranberries

Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guest: John Coffin

Vincent speaks with John Coffin about his career studying retroviruses, including working with Howard Temin, endogenous retroviruses, XMRV, chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer, HIV/AIDS, and his interest in growing cranberries.

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Links for this episode

• John Coffin (Wikipedia)
• Specific HIV integration sites (Science)
• Novel retrovirus in modern birds (J Virol)
• Recombinant origin of XMRV (Science)
• Cranberry harvest (jpg)

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