TWiV 183: Bats out of hell
On episode #183 of the science show This Week in Virology, Connor Bamford joins the TWiV team to discuss bats as hosts for major mammalian paramyxoviruses. You can find TWiV #183 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
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TWiV 167: It starts with a cough
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove The complete TWiVome deconstructs the movie Contagion. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV167.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 167 (53 MB .mp3, 88 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed, by email, or listen on your …
Contagion, the movie
Contagion is the name of a new action-thriller movie about a global outbreak of a deadly viral disease. Slated to be released in 2011, it is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Lawrence Fishburne. That’s certainly an outstanding crew, but will they get the …
TWiV 58: Nipah virus in ferrets
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Joshua Stillman In episode 58 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent, Dick, and Alan are joined by emergency medicine physician Dr. Joshua Stillman to talk about passive antibody therapy for Nipah infection in ferrets, annual influenza immunization of children, facemasks to prevent influenza, predicting dengue …
TWiV #24: Viroids
In episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Hamish Young discuss bacteriophages in viral vaccines, enteroviruses and diabetes, inhibition of Hendra and Nipah virus replication by the malaria drug chloroquine, and viroids. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #24 or subscribe in iTunes or by …