TWiV 81: Be a virus, see the world

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Vincent and Rich answer listener questions on viruses and gluten allergy, RNA silencing, influenza virus, herpes simplex virus, HIV/AIDS, chronic fatigue syndrome, manicure salons, and the koala tea of Marseilles.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Links for this episode:

• Virus infections and gluten intolerance on TWiS (thanks Jesper!)
• Viral small RNAs in PLoS Pathogens (thanks Jason!)
• Canadian Summit Awards (thanks Jim!)
• Experimenting with phage at home (thanks Richard!)
• CRISPR discovered by a dairy company (thanks Joel!)
• Expedition to New Guinea to sample bird viruses – movie and blog entry (thanks Henrik!)
• Preventing herpes with arginine and lysine – pdf (thanks Anthony!)
• Chronic fatigue donors face rejection (thanks James!)
• The Koala tea of Marseilles is not strained (thanks Stephen!)
• The other Larson virus cartoon (jpg)
• Letters read on TWiV 81

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