Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Abbie Smith Vincent, Rich, and Abbie review a broad spectrum antiviral protein, and selective pressure applied by a failed HIV-1 vaccine. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV146.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 146 (78 MB .mp3, 107 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in ...

Dennis Lim at the New York Times has a review of the upcoming virus thriller 'Contagion'. According to script consultant (and my CU colleague) Ian Lipkin, he went through great efforts to make the movie realistic: There isn't anything in the laboratory part of the film that hasn't either been ...

I just returned from a 17-day, 3,000 km road trip with my family in Europe. When I travel I'm always on the lookout for virus-related information and I found some at the Deutsches Museum in Munich, Germany. This museum showcases science and technology - it has over 100,000 objects illustrating the ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP029.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #29 (47 MB .mp3, 65 minutes). Links for this episode: Peter Hotez (Wikipedia) Hotez going to Baylor The ...

Hosts: Alan Dove and Rich Condit Alan and Rich tackle the discovery of bacteriophages, and treating influenza by calming the cytokine storm. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV145.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV 145 (63 MB .mp3, 87 minutes). Subscribe to TWiV (free) in iTunes , at the Zune Marketplace, ...