TWiV 354: The cat in the HAART

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The esteemed doctors of TWiV review a new giant virus recovered from the Siberian permafrost, why influenza virus gain of function experiments are valuable, and feline immunodeficiency virus.  Links for this episode Non-viral proteins in vaccinia virus particles (Arch Virol) 8:15 Thing a week (Jonathan Coulton, downloads) 23:20 Immortal Life pornographic? Not! (HuffPost) 25:25 Mollivirus sibericum (PNAS) 27:00 Don't worry about Frankenvirus (WashPost) 27:10 We need flu GOF research (article, Wisc State J, Science) 40:35 Isolation of FIV (Science) 50:20 FIV at Cornell Vet 1:06:25 FIV latency (Retrovirol) 1:08:00 FIV-receptor interactions (Curr Op Virol) 1:08:45 Clin aspects FIV infection (Viruses) FIV antivirals (Viruses) 1:10:05 How to treat FIV 1:10:45 Bud's FIV therapy 1;10;50 FIV vectors (CSH Prot) 1:13:50 Lion FIV (Proc Biol Sci) FIV in cat species (J Virol) 1;01;45 ACIP HVP vaccine recommendations (MMWR) 1:28:45 HPV and cancer (CDC) 1:33:45 Cervical cancer screening (pdf, CDC) Letters read on TWiV 354 7:45, 1:17:10 This episode is sponsored by ASMGAP Timestamps by Jennifer. Thanks! Weekly Science Picks 1:40:40 Alan - Experience CuriosityRich - Primrose SchoolKathy - Egg drop solutionsDickson - Dragonflies by Pieter van DokkumVincent - NASA guide to air-filtering houseplants Listener Pick of the Week Amir - Publons (Nature article) Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]