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Episode 462
Vincent speaks with 1993 Nobel Laureate Phillip A. Sharp about his career and his seminal discovery of RNA splicing in mammalian cells, which changed…
8 years, 3 months ago
Gotta trace them all!
Episode 461
The TWiVers discuss the declining readability of scientific texts, and review the use of self-inactivating rabies virus for tracing neural circuits.
…8 years, 3 months ago
Penn, a great sandbox for science
Episode 460
Vincent travels to the University of Pennsylvania and speaks with virologists Gary Cohen, Scott Hensley, Carolina Lopez, and Susan Weiss about their …
8 years, 3 months ago
Polio turns over a new leaf
Episode 459
The TWiV team reviews the first FDA approved gene therapy, accidental exposure to poliovirus type 2 in a manufacturing plant, and production of a can…
8 years, 3 months ago
Saliva of the fittest
Episode 458
The TWiVians present an imported case of yellow fever in New York City, and explain how a dengue virus subgenomic RNA disrupts immunity in mosquito s…
8 years, 4 months ago
The Red Queen meets the White Rabbit
Episode 457
Brianne returns to the TWiV Gang to discuss the distribution of proteins on the influenza viral genome, and the evolution of myxoma virus that was re…
8 years, 4 months ago
Be careful of canons
Episode 456
Brianne joins the TWiVMasters to explain how mutations in genes encoding RNA polymerase III predispose children to severe varicella, and detection of…
8 years, 4 months ago
Pork and Beans
Episode 455
Erin joins the TWiVirions to discuss a computer exploit encoded in DNA, creation of pigs free of endogenous retroviruses, and mutations in the gene e…
8 years, 4 months ago
FGCU, Zika
Episode 454
Sharon and Scott return to TWiV for a Zika virus update, including their work on viral evolution and spread, and whether pre-existing immunity to den…
8 years, 5 months ago
Neurovirology with Diane Griffin
Episode 453
From the Vector-Borne Viruses Symposium in Hamilton, Montana, Dickson and Vincent speak with Diane Griffin about her career and her work on understan…
8 years, 5 months ago