TWiV 278: Flushing HIV down the zinc

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , and Kathy Spindler Vincent, Dickson, Alan, and Kathy discuss disruption of the ccr5 gene in lymphocytes of patients infected with HIV-1. Links for this episode Gene editing of ccr5 in AIDS patients (NEJM) HIV gets the zinc finger (TWiV 144) Genome engineering with zinc finger nucleases (Genetics) Photo credit: Watty's Wall Stuff Mice lie, monkeys exaggerate t-shirt design (thanks, Christophe) Letters read on TWiV 278 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Digital scale model of solar system Dickson - Font of knowledge Vincent - Measles outbreaks trends, and NYC measles ( one , two ) Kathy - Winner, funding basic science to revolutionize medicine Listener Pick of the Week Stephen & Jon - Watty's Wall Stuff Johyne - Macro views of snowflakes Ricardo & Stephen - Vaccine exemptions Bill - Books by John Janovy Marshall - Animation of DNA replication Steve - Debunking influenza vaccine myths Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]