TWiV 214: This is your brain on polyomavirus
This Week in Virology · Vincent Racaniello
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Show Notes
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
Alan - Parasite of the DayKathy - Tour of International Space StationVincent - Earth as Art
Listener Pick of the WeekRobin - Angell on Big PharmaMichael - Flu jokesJim - Database of Ted talks; Downloadable Ted Talks
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