TWiV 273: Lambda is not just a phage

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The TWiVome dissect the finding that interferon lambda alleles predict the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection.

Links for this episode

• Interferon lambda and HCV outcome (Cell Host Micr)
• Laser capture microdissection (Wikipedia)
• HCV dependent fluorescent reporter (Nat Biotech)
• Bats and viruses (PLoS Path)
• White nose syndrome (PLoS Path)
• Mouse phenome database
• Letters read on TWiV 273

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