The US Food and Drug Administration does not want Rotarix, the rotavirus vaccine, to be used because it contains porcine circovirus 1 DNA. If complete copies of the circovirus genome were present, would they constitute a potential threat to recipients? Put another way, is circovirus DNA infectious? Here is the ...

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The US Food and Drug Administration has recommended that administration of the Rotarix vaccine, which protects against rotavirus infection, be suspended. This action comes after an independent research group found that the vaccine contains DNA of porcine circovirus type 1. Rotaviruses are the single leading cause of diarrhea in infants ...

I joined Marc Pelletier on episode 56 of Futures in Biotech for a conversation with Stanford University School of Medicine Professor Karla Kirkegaard.  We talked about RNA viruses - where they came from, where they are going, and Dr. Kirkegaard's unique approach to discovering antiviral drugs. Don't miss this episode: Dr. ...