TWiV 251: Don't kiss the camel
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Fri 20 Sep 2013
- Episode Link
- http://www.twiv.tv/2013/09/22/twiv-251-dont-kiss-the-camel/
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The complete TWiV crew reviews work on MERS-coronavirus, including serological studies in camels, production of an infectious DNA clone, and identification of an interferon antagonist.
Links for this episode:
- Stephan Chron dies (NY Times)
- Philip Marcus dies (NY Times)
- Philip Marcus on TWiV #197
- Ellen Fanning dies (news@Vanderbilt)
- Donald Low dies (CBC News)
- MERS timeline
- MERS-CoV seroepidemiology (Eurosurveillance)
- MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in camels (Lancet Inf Dis)
- MERS-CoV vaccine candidate (mBio)
- MERS-CoV infectious DNA (PNAS)
- MERS-CoV protein 4a is IFN antagonist (J Virol)
- Letters read on TWiV 251
Weekly Science Picks
Dickson - Scharf PhotoKathy - Blaschka glass models (NY Times, Cornell)Alan - Digital Public Library of AmericaRich - Dengue virus life cycle animationVincent - Creative Live
Listener Pick of the Week
John - Last person to get smallpox (NPR)Peter - SARS documentary (BBC)
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