Prions are not viruses - they are infectious proteins that lack nucleic acids. Nevertheless, virologists have always been fascinated by prions - they appear in virology textbooks (where else would you put them?) and are taught in virology classes. I've written about prions on this blog (five articles, to be exact - ...

The TWiV team discusses eye infections caused by Zika virus, failure of Culex mosquitoes to transmit the virus, and replication of norovirus in stem cell derived enteroids. You can find TWiV #406 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV406.mp3"] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 406 (59 MB .mp3, 98 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!

Professor Simon Gaskell President and Principal Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS Dear Professor Gaskell: Last month, the First-Tier Tribunal ordered Queen Mary University of London to release critical data from the PACE trial of treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, ...

The TWiXers discuss a study on vertical transmission of Zika virus by Aedes mosquitoes, and uncovering Earth's virome by mining existing metagenomic sequence data. You can find TWiV #405 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV405.mp3"] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 405 (70 MB .mp3, 117 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV!

By David Tuller, DrPH In January, I posted a list of the questions I still wanted to ask the PACE authors, who have repeatedly refused my requests to interview them about their ethically and methodologically challenged study. Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, has similarly declined to talk with me, ...