TWiV 284: By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Rich Condit , and Kathy Spindler The TWiV team discusses how skin scarification promotes a nonspecific immune response, and whether remaining stocks of smallpox virus should be destroyed. Links for this episode Skin scarification protects against vaccinia virus disease (J Virol) Smallpox research agenda (PLoS Path) WHO report on variola research (pdf) Review of smallpox research program for WHO (pdf) How I record my lectures (virology blog) Letters read on TWiV 284 Weekly Science Picks Rich - EPCOT Vincent - Medical Biotechnology Kathy - Alan Alda interview and Flame Challenge winner Dickson - NASA live from space Listener Pick of the Week Nicola - 50 cent microscope (be a beta tester ) Jon - Camtasia Studio Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]