On episode #184 of the science show This Week in Virology, Vincent, Rich, and Alan consider how to reform the scientific enterprise to make it more effective and robust. You can find TWiV #184 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

The retrovirus XMRV does not cause prostate cancer or chronic fatigue syndrome - that hypothesis was disproved by the finding that the virus was produced in the laboratory in the 1990s by passage of a prostate tumor in nude mice. A trio of new papers on the virus attempt to ...

On episode #33 of the science show This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Michael, and Ivo review the requirement for segmented, filamentous bacteria for the induction of a specific type of helper T cell in the gut. You can find TWiM #33 at microbeworld.org/twim.

On episode #183 of the science show This Week in Virology, Connor Bamford joins the TWiV team to discuss bats as hosts for major mammalian paramyxoviruses. You can find TWiV #183 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.

On episode #182 of the science show This Week in Virology, Michael Imperiale joins the TWiV crew to discuss the recently published influenza H5N1 transmission paper and how it was viewed by the NSABB. You can find TWiV #182 at www.microbe.tv/twiv.