The General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology will take place in New Orleans from 21-24 May 2011. This annual meeting covers fundamental microbial cell biology, genetics and physiology, environmental and applied microbiology, microbial ecology, pathogenesis, clinical microbiology, and infectious diseases. This year both This Week and Virology and This Week in Microbiology will be broadcast …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Alfred Sacchetti Vincent, Rich, Alan, and Dickson speak with Alfred Sacchetti, MD, Chief of Emergency Services at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, about viral infections encountered in the emergency room. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV132.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #132 (48 MB .mp3, …
Since the first association of the retrovirus XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome in 2009 in the US, subsequent studies have failed to detect evidence of infection in patients from the US, Europe, and China. These studies were potentially compromised by a number of factors, such as differences in patient characterization, geographic locations, clinical samples used, …
Ila Singh finds no XMRV in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome Read More »
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Dickson Despommier, and Brad Thompson Vincent, Alan, and Dickson chat with Brad Thompson, CEO of Oncolytics Biotech, about using reovirus to treat cancer. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV131.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #131 (42 MB .mp3, 97 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Vincent, Alan, and Rich discuss growth in culture of newly identified rhinovirus C, vaccinia transmission among wrestlers and martial artists, and results of phase III clinical trial of boceprevir, a new inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV130.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download …
TWiV 130: Rhino tracking, wrestling pox, and HCV in the crosshairs Read More »
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a fatal disorder of unknown etiology. The disease involves degeneration of motor neurons, leading to paralysis, respiratory failure, and death within five years. A viral etiology for ALS has been suggested but never proven. Retroviruses have been considered because they …
