Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Eric Delwart
In episode #86 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich travel to the Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco to speak with Eric Delwart about his work on virus discovery.
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Links for this episode:
- List of Dr. Delwart’s open-access journal articles (pdf) – to find each one, type PMID # into PubMed
- CDC says don’t give rotavirus vaccines to infants with SCID
- The Brighton Collaboration
- Product sheet for RotaTeq (pdf – thanks, Sheldon!)
- Letters read on TWiV 86
Weekly Science Picks
Rich – Google Crisis Response – Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill
Vincent – HHMI resources for teachers and students (thanks, Jim!)
Eric – Vaccine by Arthur Allen
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