TWiV 326: Giving HIV a flat tyr

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , and Rich Condit The sternutating TWiVers discuss preventing infection of cells and animals by a soluble CD4-CCR5 molecule that binds to HIV-1 virus particles. Links for this episode Dif-tor heh smusma (NY Times) Immunization preterm premature infants (Thanks, Johnye!) HIV and SHIV protection conferred by eCD4-Ig (Nature) Tyrosine sulfation (Wikipedia) GBV-C and Ebolavirus infection (J Virol) Letters read on TWiV 326 Weekly Science Picks Alan - Toms River by Dan Fagin Rich - Spin by Robert Charles Vincent - FCC votes for net neutrality (ArsTechnica) Listener Pick of the Week Neal - Why doesn't everyone get the flu vaccine? Fernando - Zombie Jonas Salk hunts idiots Neva - Physicists in biology Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]