Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dick Despommier, Alan Dove, Jason Rodriguez, and Rich Condit In episode 55 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, the largest TWiV panel ever assembled takes on XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome, 2009 chemistry Nobel prizes for ribosome structure, finding new poxvirus vaccine candidates, a brouhaha over leaked Canadian data on influenza …
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-like virus (XMRV) was discovered in 2006 during a search for viral sequences in prostate cancer tissues. The results of a recent study revealed that the virus is present in 23% of prostate cancers from patients in the US. Understanding the role of XMRV in prostate cancers requires more extensive epidemiological studies, …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Lynn Enquist On episode 54 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent speaks with Lynn Enquist about his career in virology, moving from academia to industry and back. Along the way Prof. Enquist did pioneering research on bacteriophage, participated in the birth of recombinant DNA technology, and studied herpesviruses. [powerpress …
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Jason Rodriguez On episode #50 of the podcast “This Week in Virology”, Vincent and Jason review influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine trials and protection against the virus conferred by the 1976 swine flu vaccine, then move on to a virus called XMRV and its possible role in prostate cancer. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV050.mp3″] Click …
