TWiV reviews the passing of James D. Watson, the research that showed human papillomaviruses to be present in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers, and influenza virus infection, shedding and symptoms in a human challenge study.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Immune 100 live at the Incubator
• James D. Watson dies (NY Times)
• Russian translation of TWiV 1024 (Medium)
• Canada's new budget aims to lure US researchers (Science)
• Bird flu surging and spreading while US agencies are asleep (npr)
• US slashed WHO budget, now flu surveillance is suffering globally (npr)
• HPV sequences in papillomas and cervical cancers (PNAS)
• zur Hausen Nobel Prize 2008 (Nobel)
• Vincent interviews zur Hausen (YouTube)
• Influenza virus infection, shedding, and disease in humans (J Virol)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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