TWiV 295: A nonslip grippe and Lassa's LAMP

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , and Rich Condit The TWiVome discusses an miRNA based strategy to mitigate risk of gain of function studies, and identification of a second receptor required for Lassa virus entry. Links for this episode miRNA strategy to minimize risk (Nat BioT) NIH Office of Science Policy NIH recombinant DNA guidelines Second receptor for Lassa virus entry (Science) Lassa fever (Wikipedia) Fever! The discovery of Lassa virus ( TWiV 9 ) Letters read on TWiV 294 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Nicky Bay macrophotography (Flickr) Rich - FASEB Third annual BioArt competition Vincent - Up Close podcast ( vrr episode ) Dickson - Science fun (YouTube) Listener Pick of the Week Mark Martin - Average bacteriophage Konrad - Scholarpedia Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]