TWiV #8 - HIV resistance, Google flu, measles in Gibraltar, viral batteries
This Week in Virology · Vincent Racaniello
November 14, 200836m 52s
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Show Notes
Vincent and Dick converse about warfare preventing immunization of 120,000 children in Afghanistan, bone marrow transplant curing AIDS patient, Google tracking flu, measles outbreak in Gibraltar, using viruses to make batteries, and small mosquitoes and Dengue.
Article on using viruses to make batteries (PubMed: Virus-enabled synthesis and assembly of nanowires for lithium ion battery electrodes).
Science podcast pick of the week: NY Times Science Times (iTunes link).