August 2010

TWiV 96: Making viral DNA

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Rich Condit On episode #96 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, and Rich continue Virology 101 with a discussion of how viruses with DNA genomes replicate their genetic information. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV096.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #96 (65 MB .mp3, 90 minutes) …

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TWiV 95: Does a virus shift in the woods?

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #95 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich consider the end of the influenza H1N1 pandemic, dengue in Florida, vaccinia virus infection in Brazilian monkeys, and viruses in the faecal microbiota. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV095.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or …

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XMRV not detected in seminal plasma

How XMRV, the new human retrovirus associated with prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome, might be transmitted among humans is unknown. The finding that the virus can be detected in prostate cancer cells, and in prostatic secretions of men with prostate cancer suggests that it could be sexually transmitted. To address this question, the presence …

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TWiP 14: Leishmania

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 14 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson consider the life cycle and pathogenesis of the protozoan parasite Leishmania. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP014.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. …

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