TWiV 67: Wasting deer and the Hulk rabbit

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier

Vincent, Alan, and Marc talk about chronic wasting disease of deer caused by prions, blocking the semen-derived enhancer of HIV infection with surfen, and making green transgenic rabbits using a lentiviral vector.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Links for this episode:

• Chronic wasting disease in West Virginia
• Chronic wasting disease alliance and CDC webpage
• Semen-derived inhibitor of viral infection (SEVI)
• Surfen inhibits the action of SEVI
• Making green transgenic rabbits using simian immunodeficiency virus vector
• Science comedy (thanks Lucky Fractal!)

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