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TWiV 162: Transcription Dec 18, 2011

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Vincent, Rich, and Alan continue Virology 101 with a discussion of transcription, the process of making mRNA from a DNA template.

TWiV #161 - Concerto in B Dec 11, 2011

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Vincent, Rich, Alan and Gabriel review the production of antibodies by B cells, and how high affinity antibodies are selected in the germinal centers of lymph nodes.

TWiV #160 - Moore tumor viruses Dec 04, 2011

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The TWiV team speaks with Patrick Moore about his discovery, with Yuan Chang, of two human tumor viruses, Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus and Merkel cell polyomavirus.

TWiV #159 - Flu gets the REDD light Nov 27, 2011

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Vincent, Alan, and Rich review concern over an influenza H5N1 transmission experiment, and a new host defense protein against RNA viruses.

TWiV #158 - Wolverines go viral Nov 20, 2011

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Vincent and Rich visit the Microbiology and Immunology Department at the University of Michigan Medical School, and speak with Alice and Kathy about their work on HIV genome dimerization, and packaging and pathogenesis of mouse adenovirus.

TWiV #157 - Better innate than never Nov 14, 2011

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A large TWiV panel remembers Ralph Steinman, and considers a new innate sensor of retroviral capsids.

TWiV #156 - Armed and targeted killer meta-analysis Nov 05, 2011

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Vincent, Rich, and Dickson review a meta-analysis on influenza vaccine, a killer virus in fungi that selects against RNAi, and the use of armed and targeted poxviruses for oncolytic virotherapy.

TWiV #155 - XXII Brazilian National Virology Meeting Oct 30, 2011

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Vincent, Grant, Eurico, Paulo, Francisco and Janice discuss their work on bocavirus, infectious bronchitis virus, begamoviruses, and circoviruses at the Brazilian Virology Society meeting in Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil.

TWiV #154 - Symbiotic safecrackers Oct 22, 2011

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Vincent, Alan, and Rich are very enthusiastic about two studies that show how gut bacteria help viral invaders.

TWiV #153 - Rabid reindeer and protective prions Oct 16, 2011

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Vincent, Alan, and Rich review an outbreak of rabies in arctic foxes and reindeer in Norway, and a prion that makes you go antiviral.

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