This Week in Virology TWiV 230: Gene goes to Washington, flu chickens out
Apr 28, 2013
01:40:35
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Rich, Alan and Kathy review H7N9 infections in China, the debate over patenting genes, and receptor-binding by ferret-transmissible avian H5 influenza virus.
Links for this episode:- Francois Jacob dies (The Loom)
- WHO updates on H7N9
- H7N9 is unusually dangerous (ScienceInsider)
- H7N9 case imported into Taiwan
- No H7N9 in poultry farms (Xinhua)
- Supreme Court considers gene patents (TheScientist, Nature)
- Patent my jeans, not my genes (Michael Wosnick)
- Receptor binding by ferret transmissible H5 virus (Nature)
- Microscale thermophoresis and bio-layer interferometry (Wikipedia)
- Letters read on TWiV 230
Alan - World Science FestivalRich - 3 years of the sun in 3 minutesVincent - The Origin of AIDS by Jacques PepinKathy - Wringing out a wet washcloth in space (YouTube)
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