This Week in Virology (TWiV) #133: The HIV hideout

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathleen Collins

Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson discuss the cellular reservoir of HIV-1 with Kathleen Collins, MD, PhD.  

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Links for this episode:

• HIV-1 infects multipotent progenitor cells (Nature Medicine)
• CXCR4 is HIV-1 co-receptor in multipotent hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (Cell Host Microbe)
• TWiV and TWiM live at ASM General Meeting, New Orleans
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 133

Weekly Science Picks

Kathleen - TRIM5 is an innate immune sensor (Nature)
Rich - A Biologist's Mothers Day Song (YouTube)
Alan - World of Viruses
Vincent - Magnet Balls (Amazon)

Listener Pick of the Week

Chris  - Periodic Tales by Hugh Aldersey-Williams

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