TWiV 241: The ferret looks ill
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Sun 14 Jul 2013
- Episode Link
- http://www.twiv.tv/2013/07/14/twiv-241-the-ferret-looks-ill/
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, Rich and Kathy review how human placental trophoblasts confer viral resistance via exosome-mediated delivery of microRNAs, and isolation of the first human influenza virus in 1933.
Links for this episode:
- Human placental trophoblasts confer viral resistance (PNAS)
- Placental circulation (Wikipedia)
- Ovum in uterine decidua (Wikipedia)
- A virus obtained from influenza patients (Lancet)
- 80 years ago today (the guardian)
- Influenza: Exposing the true killer (J Exp Med)
- Letters read on TWiV 239
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