TWiV 324: Viruses in the miR may appear more numerous

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

Guest: Lee Feinman

Lee joins the TWiV team to discuss the value of post-doctoral training, and how a cellular microRNA assists in the replication of hepatitis C virus.

Links for this episode

• Spin by Robert Charles Wilson
• Immunization of preterm infants (Dev Period Med)
• miR-122 alters HCV translation-replication balance (Cell Host Micr)
• Holding a miR to HCV (TWiV 180)
• Treating hepatitis C by blocking miR-122 (virology blog)
• Click chemistry (Wikipedia)
• Image credit
• Ebolavirus sitrep (WHO)
• Letters read on TWiV 324

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