TWiV 214: This is your brain on polyomavirus

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, and Kathy discuss how coagulation factor X binding to adenovirus activates the innate immune system, and a novel polyomavirus associated with brain tumors in raccoons.

Links for this episode:

• Coagulation factor X activates innate immunity to adenovirus (Science)
• A decorated virus cannot hide (Science)
• Reflecting on goals for Science
• Polyomavirus associated with raccoon brain tumors (EID)
• MPNST
• Moore tumor viruses - TWiV 160
• Treating CLL with lentivirus vectors (NEJM)
• Letters read on TWiV 214

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