TWiV 288: ebircsnart esreveR

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

The Twivsters discuss how reverse transcriptase encoded in the human genome might produce DNA copies of RNA viruses in infected cells.

• Should variola virus be destroyed? (poll at virology blog)


• DNA complementary to non-retroviral RNA viruses (Sci Rep)


• Integration of arenavirus DNA into cell genome (virology blog)


• Infectious respiratory syncytial DNA (PNAS)


• Tysabri and PML


• JC and PML (J Imm Res)


• Igor Koralnik laboratory


• Jean-Luc Doumont (Kathy's pick, TWiV 268)


• Bullet points kill (TED)


• Letters read on TWiV 288

Rich - LuvalampsAlan - ExperimentVincent - American Society for Virology on FacebookKathy - LEGO female scientistsDickson - The Oldest Living Things in the World by Rachel Sussman

Basel - A Treatise on the small-pox and measles by Abu-Bakr Al-Razi

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