baculovirus

The viruses in your food

At the recent Brazilian Virology Society meeting George Rohrmann gave me a copy of his book, Baculovirus Molecular Biology. Baculoviruses are double-stranded DNA containing viruses that infect insects and other arthropods. Early in the first chapter of George’s book I learned that baculoviruses may be present on uncooked cabbage leaves: …in one study it was found …

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TWiV 152: Viromes in the effluence of society

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich cover the virome of raw sewage, and a baculovirus gene that causes caterpillars to climb to their doom. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV152.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 152 (50 MB .mp3, 83 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , …

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TWiV 150: Contaminated

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier Vincent, Dickson, and Rich meant to do an all-email episode, but first they review results of the Blood XMRV Scientific Research Working Group, and partial retraction of the paper associating XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome. With this episode TWiV is three years old. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV150.mp3″] Click the arrow above …

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

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Marc Pelletier On episode #88 of the podcast This Week in Virology, 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. Use the promotion code TWIVPOD to receive …

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