Influenza H7N9 gain of function experiments on Dispatch Radio
I spoke with Robert Herriman, executive editor of The Global Dispatch, about the proposed avian influenza H7N9 virus gain of function experiments on Dispatch Radio.
August 2013
TWiV 245: Writing Principles of Virology
On episode #245 of the science show This Week in Virology, the authors of the popular textbook Principles of Virology discuss how the book was conceived and written. You can find TWiV #245 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Virologists plan influenza H7N9 gain of function experiments
A group of virologists lead by Yoshihiro Kawaoka and Ron Fouchier have sent a letter to Nature and Science outlining the experiments they propose to carry out with influenza H7N9 virus. Avian influenza H7N9 virus has caused over 130 human infections in China with 43 fatalities. The source of the virus is not known but …
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TWiV 244: Back in the CVVR
Episode #244 of the science show This Week in Virology was recorded before an audience at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where Vincent and Alan spoke with Dan and Jeff about AIDS vaccines. You can find TWiV #244 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
Pandoravirus, bigger and unlike anything seen before
The discovery of the giant Mimivirus and Megavirus amazed virologists (and also many others). Their virions (750 nanometers) and DNA genomes (1,259,000 base pairs) were the biggest ever discovered, shattering the notions that viruses could not be seen with a light microscope, and that viral genomes were smaller than bacterial genomes. Now two even bigger viruses have been discovered, …
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