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Wednesday
Jan042012

This Week in Virology (TWiV) #164: Six steps forward, four steps back

xmrvHosts: Vincent RacanielloRich Condit, and Alan Dove

Vincent, Alan, and Rich review ten compelling virology stories of 2011.

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Ten virology stories of 2011:

  1. XMRV, CFS, and prostate cancer (TWiV 119, 123, 136, 150)
  2. Influenza H5N1, ferrets, and the NSABB (TWiV 159)
  3. The Panic Virus (TWiV 117)
  4. Polio eradication (TWiV 127, 149)
  5. Viral oncotherapy (TWiV 124, 131, 142, 156)
  6. Hepatitis C virus (TWiV 130, 137, 141)
  7. Zinc finger nuclease and HIV therapy (TWiV 144)
  8. Bacteria help viruses (TWiV 154)
  9. Human papillomaviruses (TWiV 126)
  10. Combating dengue with Wolbachia (TWiV 115, 147)

Links for this episode:

Weekly Science Picks

Rich - Fundamentals of Molecular Virology by Nicholas H. Acheson
Alan - Fetch, with Ruff Ruffman
Vincent - Year end reviews at Rule of 6ix and Contagions

Listener Pick of the Week
Garren - Trillion-frame-per-second video
Judi - iBioMagazine
Ricardo -
Brain Picking's 11 best science books of 2011

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