This Week in Virology (TWiV) #145: The inVinceable TWiV

Hosts: Alan Dove and Rich Condit

Alan and Rich tackle the discovery of bacteriophages, and treating influenza by calming the cytokine storm.

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Links for this episode:

• Twort on the nature of ultra-microscopic viruses (Lancet)
• Who discovered bacteriophage? (pdf, Bact Rev)
• Calming cytokine storm to treat influenza (PNAS)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 145

Weekly Science Picks

Alan - AT&T Tech Channel
Rich - Smallpox and its eradication (pdf)

Listener Pick of the Week Asif - Science Photo Library

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