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Published: Feb. 2, 2014, 3 p.m.

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Watch a live video episode of This Week in Virology (TWiV), a podcast about viruses. Started in September 2008 by Vincent Racaniello, a Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University, the goal of the show is to have an accessible discussion about viruses that anyone can understand and enjoy. In Washington, D.C., Racaniello, co-host Condit, and guests Kawaoka and Hruby discuss antivirals against smallpox and influenza viruses H5N1 and H7N9.\\xa0

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Moderators:

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Vincent Racaniello; Columbia Univ. Coll. of Physicians & Surgeons, NY

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Richard C. Condit; Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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Panelists:

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Yoshihiro Kawaoka; Dept. of Pathobiological Sc., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI

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Dennis Hruby; SIGA Technologies, Inc., Corvallis, OR

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Links for this episode

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\\u2022 ASM Biodefense Meeting - http://www.asmbiodefense.org/

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\\u2022 Influenza H5N1 transmission (Virus Res) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23954580

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\\u2022 Aerosol transmission of H5N1 virus in ferrets (Nature) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22722205

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\\u2022 Characterization of H7N9 virus from humans (Nature) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23842494

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\\u2022 ST-246 efficacy in primates (AAC) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24100494

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\\u2022 Antiviral options for biodefense (Curr Op Virol)

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\\u2022 ST-246 safety in humans (Antimicrob Agents Chemother)

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\\u2022 Gain-of-function experiments (Science) - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23929965

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\\u2022 Letters read on TWiV 270 - http://www.twiv.tv/twiv-270-letters/

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Weekly Science Picks

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Vincent - Quanta Magazine - https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/

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Rich - Colour is in the eye of the beholder - http://www.boreme.com/posting.php?id=30670#.UufLtBAo7VR

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Listener Pick of the Week

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Kehau - Beautiful but deadly viruses - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/13/deadly-viruses-beautiful-photos_n_4545309.html

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Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twiv@twiv.tv

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