TWiV #73 - Entering the ends

On episode #73 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Dickson, and Rich discuss multipotent progenitor bone marrow cells as a reservoir of HIV-1, integration of HHV-6 into telomeres, and dispersal of West Nile virus across the US by mosquitoes. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , and Rich Condit Links for this episode: HIV-1 infects multipotent progenitor cells HHV-6 genome integrates into telomeres A role for mosquito-mediated dispersal of West Nile virus across the US Using tobacco mosaic virus to produce synthetic photovoltaic cells (thanks Nissin!) Animation of HIV replication cycle (thanks Ilya!) Can computer viruses evolve ? (thanks Norman!) Mumps outbreak in Israel ( one and two ) (thanks Ariel!) Bocavirus infections in children (thanks Tyler!) Weekly science picks: Dickson Whole-Genome Sequencing in a Patient with Charcot–Marie–Tooth Neuropathy ( NEJM and NY Times ) Rich Invisible Frontiers: The Race to Synthesize a Human Gene by Stephen Hall Vincent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - videocasts