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TWiV 411: Chicken runs

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The TWiVeroos examine a reverse spillover of Newcastle disease virus vaccines into wild birds, and identification of a protein cell receptor for murine noroviruses. You can find TWiV #411 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV411.mp3″] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 411 (59 MB .mp3, 95 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!

An Ebolavirus vaccine in Africa

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An Ebolavirus vaccine has shown promising results in a clinical trial in Guinea. This vaccine has been in development since 2004 and was made possible by advances in basic virology of the past 40 years. The ability to produce the Ebolavirus vaccine, called rVSV-EBOV, originates in the 1970s with the discovery of the enzyme reverse transcriptase, the development of …

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