TWiV #24 - Viroids
An episode of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV #24 - Viroids" was published on March 15, 2009 and runs 59 minutes.
March 15, 2009 ·59m · This Week in Virology
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Episode Description
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.
Links for this episode:
- Bacteriophages in viral vaccines
- Presence of enteroviral VP1 protein in pancreatic islets of diabetics
- Chloroquine inhibits Hendra and Nipah virus replication
- Review on viroids discovered by TO Diener
- Mumps in Ireland
- CDC information on EBV (thanks Megan!) and Journal of Virology paper (thanks Everett!)
Science blog of the week: The Weekly Virus
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