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The Autonomous CollecTWiVe reveal two effective treatments for Ebolavirus infection, how a virus in a fungus confers heat tolerance to a plant, and dampened inflammation as a mechanism for bat tolerance to viral infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Two new and effective Ebolavirus treatments (NIH, Nature)
• A virus in a fungus in a plant (Science)
• Dampened NLRP3-mediated inflammation in bats (Nat Micro)
• Bat tolerance to virus infection (Nat Micro)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiV 561
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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