TWiV #83 - An hour with Dr. Kiki

On episode #83 of the podcast This Week in Virology , Vincent, Alan, Rich, and special guest Dr. Kirsten Sanford talk about her career in science media, then consider whether smallpox eradication led to the AIDS pandemic, high fidelity RNA synthesis, and a new Ebola virus vaccine. Host links Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dove , Rich Condit , and Kirsten Sanford Links for this episode: Does smallpox vaccine protect against HIV? (thanks, Srinivas; Washington Post and BMC Immunology ) Was the deltaCRR5 mutation fixed in the human population by smallpox ? A proofreader in the SARS coronavirus genome New ebola vaccine protects monkeys House of Numbers trailer , website , Wikipedia article (thanks, Levi!) Letters read on TWiV 83 Weekly science picks: Alan - Evernote Rich - The Knife Man by Wendy Moore Vincent - The Pump Handle