This Week in Virology

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TWiV #142 - Viral oinkotherapy Jul 17, 2011

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Vincent, Rich, and Alan discuss a method for identifying viruses of individual environmental bacteria, and the using a picornavirus for oncotherapy.

TWiV #141 - Mickey gets HCV Jul 10, 2011

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Matt Evans joins Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich to deconstruct a mouse model for hepatitis C virus infection.

TWiV #140 - An aptitude for microbicides Jul 03, 2011

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Vincent, Alan, Rich, and Judy Lieberman review the use of CD4 aptamer-siRNA chimeras to inhibit HIV transmission.

TWiV #139 - Honey, I shrunk the virus Jun 26, 2011

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Vincent, Alan, and Dickson discuss the reduction in genome size of Mimivirus upon passage in amoeba, and analysis of the microbiome of honeybees.

TWiV #138 - RISCy business with Raul Andino Jun 19, 2011

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Vincent meets up with Raul Andino in San Francisco to discuss the RNAi-based antiviral defense system of Drosophila, the fruit fly, and how it is antagonized by viruses.

TWiV #137 - Look what the dog dragged in Jun 12, 2011

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The TWiV team speaks with Amit Kapoor and Ian Lipkin about how they discovered canine hepacivirus, and its implications for the origin and evolution of hepatitis C virus.

TWiV #136 - Exit XMRV Jun 06, 2011

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Retrovirologist Stephen Goff joins Vincent, Rich, and Alan for a discussion of recent papers on the retrovirus XMRV and its association with chronic fatigue syndrome and prostate cancer.

TWiV #135 - Live in the Big Easy May 29, 2011

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Vincent and guests Rachel Katzenellenbogen, Roger Hendrix, and Harmit Malik recorded TWiV #135 live at the 2011 ASM General Meeting in New Orleans, where they discussed transformation and oncogenesis by human papillomaviruses, the amazing collection of bacteriophages on the planet, and the evolution of genetic conflict between virus and host.

TWiV #134 - Meet Ralph, your cruise director May 22, 2011

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Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson review noroviruses with Stephanie Karst, PhD.

TWiV #133 - The HIV hideout May 15, 2011

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Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson discuss the cellular reservoir of HIV-1 with Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD.

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