TWiV 88: A bug fix, an AIDS treatment, and an undead retrovirus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier

Vincent, Alan, and Marc discuss using a virus for beetle control, RNA based gene therapy for AIDS, and reconstitution of a endogenous human retrovirus.

This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc.

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Links for this episode:

• Controlling the palm rhinoceros beetle with a virus
• The virologist in the Hawaiian shirt
• Information on Orcytes rhinocerus nudivirus (one, two, three)
• RNA based gene therapy for AIDS
• Reconstitution of an infectious human retrovirus (PLoS Pathogens)
• Letters read on TWiV 88

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