Poliovirus has made the cover of Time magazine. The Time cover image for the 14 January 2013 issue is a model of poliovirus bound to a soluble form of its cellular receptor, CD155. I was part of the team that solved the structure of this complex in 2000, together with the laboratories of Jim Hogle …
On episode #210 of the science show This Week in Virology, the complete TWiV team reviews identification of the cell receptor for hepatitis B and D viruses, and the cell enzyme that cleaves the genome-linked protein from picornaviral RNA. You can find TWiV #210 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.
When my laboratory discovered the cell receptor for poliovirus in 1989, many new research directions were suddenly revealed – such as creating a mouse model for poliomyelitis. One application we did not think of was to use the receptor to screen samples of drinking water for the presence of viruses. Contamination of the water supply …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Welkin Johnson Welkin joins the TWiV team for a discussion of HIV prophlaxis using vectored antibodies, and the influenza H5N1 virus studies in ferrets that were not redacted. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV168.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 168 (59 MB .mp3, 98 minutes). …
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Alan Dove Vincent, Dickson, Rich, and Alan review cell proteins essential for entry of hepatitis C, Ebola, and measles viruses. Please help us by taking our listener survey. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV166.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 166 (59 MB .mp3, 98 minutes). Subscribe to …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit On episode #105 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Rich review eradication of rinderpest, endogenous hepatitis B virus in the zebra finch genome, and identification of the cell receptor for an extinct retrovirus. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV105.mp3″] Click the arrow above to …
