A press release from the Netherlands indicates that the FDA and NIH have independently confirmed the association of XMRV with chronic fatigue syndrome as published last fall in Science. Apparently two journalists for the Dutch magazine ORTHO obtained a copy of a lecture by Dr. Harvey Alter in Zagreb which ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Graham Hatfull On episode #87 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Rich hear from Professor Graham Hatfull how students in the Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education (PHIRE) program learn about scientific inquiry by doing research on bacteriophages. This episode ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 12 of the podcast "This Week in Parasitism", Vincent and Dickson introduce the obligate intracellular protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most successful parasites on earth. [powerpress url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP012.mp3"] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to ...

The influenza virus neuraminidase (NA) protein is required for virus release from the cell, a property exploited by the antiviral drugs oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamavir (Relenza). During clinical testing of oseltamivir in 2001, some individuals shed drug-resistant viruses with an amino acid change from histidine to tyrosine (H274Y) in NA. ...

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Eric Delwart In episode #86 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Rich travel to the Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco to speak with Eric Delwart about his work on virus discovery. This episode is sponsored by Data Robotics Inc. Use the promotion ...