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	Podcast:		This Week in Virology
	Episode:		TWiV 272: Give peas a chance
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		01:48:01
	Publish Date:		2014-02-16 17:00:14
	Description:		Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team describes aphid control by using a viral capsid protein to deliver a spider toxin to plants, and a human endogenous retrovirus that enhances expression of a neuronal gene. Links for this episode Toxin delivery to plants by viral capsid protein (Nat Biotech) Pea enation mosaic virus (ViralZone) Image credit: Aphid membrane feeding chamber (Sci Rep) Aphid feeding chamber (YouTube) Parafilm (Wikipedia) Human endogenous retrovirus enhances neural gene (PNAS) Flu, common cold, alternative medicine (NCCAM) Cold vs flu (CDC) Phage hunters Bed bugs and infectious disease (PLoS Path) Letters read on TWiV 272 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Statistical error (Nature)Rich - 12 oldest animal speciesDickson - When liquids collideVincent - HIV denial and just asking questions Kathy - Sun's canyon of fire Listener Pick of the Week Sandra - Women physicists keep female students psychedJudi - HHMI's BiointeractiveJacob - Influenza virus HA Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv
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