Vincent, Alan, and Hamish Young discuss bacteriophages in viral vaccines, enteroviruses and diabetes, inhibition of Hendra and Nipah virus replication by the malaria drug chloroquine, and viroids.
Links for this episode:
- Bacteriophages in viral vaccines
- Presence of enteroviral VP1 protein in pancreatic islets of diabetics
- Chloroquine inhibits Hendra and Nipah virus replication
- Review on viroids discovered by TO Diener
- Mumps in Ireland
- CDC information on EBV (thanks Megan!) and Journal of Virology paper (thanks Everett!)
Science blog of the week: The Weekly Virus Science podcast pick of the week: NIH Research Radio Podcast Science book of the week: Ahead of the Curve: David Baltimore’s Life in Science by Shane Crotty