TWiV 174: Dog runs and mooing miRs

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich consider whether pet dogs might transmit human noroviruses, and an RNA virus microRNA that might be involved in oncogenesis.

Links for this episode:

• Do pet dogs transmit human norovirus? (J Clin Virol)
• RNA virus miRNA that mimics oncomiR (PNAS)
• MicroRNA expression by an RNA virus (PNAS)
• Lab safety stickers jpg (thanks, Jon!)
• Amateur virologists (Zimmer, NY Times)
• Genome at home (Wired)
• Barbergators sing national anthem (YouTube)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 174

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