TWiV 508: Bioweapon
Episode 508 of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 508: Bioweapon" was published on August 26, 2018 and runs 127 minutes.
August 26, 2018 ·127m · This Week in Virology
Episode Description
Jens returns to present a brief history of bioweapons, with a focus on the program in the Soviet Union, the largest ever undertaken, and his experience working in the decommissioned Soviet bioweapons laboratory known as Vector.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Jens Kuhn
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Links for this episode
- Russia's Bioweapons Labs (Nature)
- Medical Aspects of Biological Warfare
- The Soviet Biological Weapons Program by Leitenberg, Zilinskas, Kuhn
- Biological Threats in the 21st Century by Lentzos
- Bioterrorism and Biocrimes by W. Seth Carus
- Russia's Secret Weapons (Nature)
- Image credit
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.
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