TWiV #79 - Red hot chili viruses

On episode #79 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent and Alan converse about making published science accessible to everyone, global eradication of poliomyelitis, and whether a plant virus can cause disease in humans. Host links Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove Links for this episode: Making published science accessible to everyone ( Nature News ) Federal Research Public Access Act Is disease eradication a waste of money ? Do we have an ethical obligation to eradicate polio? Signs of progress in polio eradication (NY Times) Polio eradication: Harder than it looks (Fortner) Gates rethinks his war on polio (WSJ) Asymptomatic wild-type poliovirus infection in immune children (J Inf Dis) Can a plant virus cause disease in humans? (PLoS One) Replication of tomato spotted wilt virus in HeLa cells (PNAS) Glycine detected in comet (thanks Vincent!) Letters read on TWiV 79 Weekly science picks: Alan Data.gov Vincent foldit