TWiV 82: Immunology in silico

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

On episode #82 of the podcast This Week in Virology (TWiV), Vincent and Rich talk about how thymic selection of T cells might lead to better control of HIV-1 infection, and a mouse model for severe antibody-induced dengue virus disease.

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Links for this episode:

• Effect of thymic selection of T-cells on control of AIDS
• Mouse model of antibody-induced severe dengue virus disease
• Natural antibody protects against viral infection
• Kary Mullis idea for fighting infections (thanks, Erik!)
• 40 nm resolution of fluorescence photoactivation localization microscopy (thanks, Jose)
• Letters read on TWiV 82

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