Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss the life cycle and pathogenesis of Onchocerca volvulus, the vector-borne filarial nematode parasite that causes onchocerciasis, or river blindness. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP024.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #24 ...

Last week we discussed the second known virophage, but we didn't have any explanation of why such viruses might evolve. This week we have the discovery of a third virophage, hints of many more, and a hypothesis for what they might be doing in the global ecosystem. The newest virus ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Michelle Ozbun On episode #126 of the podcast This Week in Virology, virologist Michelle Ozbun and the TWiV team review the biology of human papillomaviruses. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twiv/TWiV126.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #126 (69 MB .mp3, 96 ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Cliff Mintz, Jo Handelsman, and Ronald Atlas. On episode #3 of the podcast This Week in Microbiology, Vincent, Jo, Cliff, and Ron explore the genome analysis done in support of the Amerithrax investigation, and an insecticidal enterotoxin-deficient mutant of Bacillus thurigiensis. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twimshow/TWiM003.mp3"] Click the arrow above ...

A second virophage has been identified. The name does not signify a virus that infects another virus - it means virus eater. The story of virophages begins with the giant mimivirus, originally isolated from a cooling tower in the United Kingdom. It is the largest known virus, with a capsid ...