TWiV 214: This is your brain on polyomavirus
An episode of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 214: This is your brain on polyomavirus" was published on January 7, 2013 and runs 77 minutes.
January 7, 2013 ·77m · This Week in Virology
Episode Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss how coagulation factor X binding to adenovirus activates the innate immune system, and a novel polyomavirus associated with brain tumors in raccoons.
Links for this episode:
- Coagulation factor X activates innate immunity to adenovirus (Science)
- A decorated virus cannot hide (Science)
- Reflecting on goals for Science
- Polyomavirus associated with raccoon brain tumors (EID)
- MPNST
- Moore tumor viruses - TWiV 160
- Treating CLL with lentivirus vectors (NEJM)
- Letters read on TWiV 214
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Michael - Flu jokes
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