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TWiV 478: A pox on your horse

28 January 2018 by Vincent Racaniello

The TWiV team explains how infectious horsepox virus – likely the ancestor of smallpox vaccines – was recovered from chemically synthesized DNA fragments.

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Filed Under: This Week in Virology Tagged With: dual use research, edward jenner, infectious DNA clone, smallpox, smallpox vaccine, transfection, vaccinia virus, variola, viral, virology, virus, viruses

Too dangerous to publish?

26 April 2012 by Vincent Racaniello

Science magazine will be conducting a live chat on whether some scientific research is too dangerous to publish, and how governments are getting involved in regulating such studies. It will be moderated by Science writer David Malakoff and will include Gregory Viglianti of Boston University School of Medicine.

The live chat begins at 3 PM EST on Thursday, 26 April at this link.

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