This Week in Virology #20: Hepatitis C virus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, and Matt Evans

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Matt Evans converse about TED, the Wakefield autism controversy, 99 rhinovirus sequences, Marburg in the USA, and hepatitis C virus.

A photographer catches Bill Gates' mosquitoes
Joe DeRisi at TED
Sequencing of 99 rhinovirus serotype genomes
Two views of the Wakefield autism controversy here and here
Marburg virus comes to the USA
Human occludin is a hepatitis C virus entry factor required for infection of mouse cells


Science blog of the week: Not exactly rocket science by Ed Yong
Science podcast pick of the week: Neuropod
Science book of the week: Phage and the Origins of Molecular Biology Edited by John Cairns, Guther S. Stent, and James D. Watson

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