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TWiV 439: The purloined envelope
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 02:01:57
Publish Date: 2017-04-30 08:24:02
Description:

Paul Bieniasz joins the TWiV team to talk about the co-option, millions of years ago, of an endogenous retrovirus envelope protein by hominid ancestors for host defense against viral infection.

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

Guest: Paul Bieniasz

 

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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