TWiV 254: Ninety-nine macaques on the wall
- Author
- Vincent Racaniello
- Published
- Sun 13 Oct 2013
- Episode Link
- http://www.twiv.tv/2013/10/13/twiv-254-ninety-nine-macaques-on-the-wall/
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy review clearance of simian immunodeficiency virus infection from macaques by immunization with SIV proteins encoded in a rhesus cytomegalovirus vector.
Links for this episode:
- Immune clearance of SIV infection (Nature)
- Rhesus CMV vectors (Nature Medicine)
- Types of memory T cells (WikiPedia)
- Goldilocks approach to vaccines (Scilogs)
- Chimeric HA influenza vaccine (J Virol)
- Influenza vaccine matched vs mismatched (BMC Medicine)
- Letters read on TWiV 254
Weekly Science Picks
Dickson - The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean GionoKathy - A boy and his atom and Moving Atoms (YouTube)Alan - It is pitch dark and Get Lamp (YouTube)Vincent - Who's afraid of peer review? (Science)
Listener Pick of the Week
Maren - Hello Maestro (episodes on YouTube)Ayesha - Why you don't f****** love scienceJon - A Capella Science (YouTube)
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