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TWiV 52: Scott Hammer, MD on AIDS vaccines

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Scott Hammer, MD On episode #52 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent and Dr. Scott Hammer talk about different types of AIDS vaccines and how they are tested in clinical trials. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV052.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #52 (51 MB .mp3, 71 …

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Polyomavirus JC, multiple sclerosis, Tysabri, and an anti-malaria drug

Biogen has announced that an anti-malaria compound may be useful for treating a brain infection, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), that is an adverse effect of the company’s multiple sclerosis/Crohn’s disease drug Tysabri. How does JC virus fit into this story? Tysabri is the trade name for Natalizumab, a monoclonal antibody against the cellular protein alpha-4 integrin. …

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