Virology
A herpesvirus associated with female infertility
By Vincent Racaniello
Viruses that replicate in the male or female reproductive tract are considered to be potential causes of human infertility. Several herpesviruses have been implicated in male infertility, and now human herpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A) has been found in endometrial cells of women with unexplained infertility (paper link). HHV-6 was only recently discovered ...
TWiV 398: Permission to be intuitive
By Vincent Racaniello
Vincent speaks with Sandy Weller about her career and her work on the mechanisms of synthesis, maturation, cleavage and packaging of viral DNA genomes. You can find TWiV 398 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen/watch below. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV398.mp3"] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 398 (36 MB .mp3, 49 min) Subscribe (free): iTunes, RSS, email, Google Play Music Become a patron of TWiV! https://youtu.be/0AXCzgae0Ac
Congress fails on Zika virus
By Vincent Racaniello
Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., President of the American Medical Association, has expressed disappointment in the failure of Congress to support the US public health response to Zika Virus: At a time when concerns continue to mount about the nation's readiness to protect the public from the Zika virus, the AMA is disappointed by Congress' ...
TWiV 397: Trial by error
By Vincent Racaniello
Journalism professor David Tuller returns to TWiV for a discussion of the PACE trial for ME/CFS: the many flaws in the trial, why its conclusions are useless, and why the data must be released and re-examined. You can find TWiV #397 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV397.mp3"] Click arrow ...
TWiV 396: Influenza viruses with Peter Palese
By Vincent Racaniello
Vincent speaks with Peter Palese about his illustrious career in virology, from early work on neuraminidases to universal influenza virus vaccines, on episode #396 of the science show This Week in Virology. You can find TWiV #396 at microbe.tv/twiv, or listen below. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV396.mp3"] Click arrow to play Download TWiV 396 (54 MB ...