TWiV #17 - Seminal discoveries in virology
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Vincent, Dick, and Saul talk about discoveries in virology that have had a major impact on the field.
\\nSem\\u2022i\\u2022nal (adjective): strongly influencing later developments.
Note: There are two\\xa0HPV vaccines on the market:\\xa0Gardasil\\xa0(quadrivalent, types 6, 11, 16, 18) and\\xa0Cervarix (bivalent, types 16 and 18).
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\\nGates Foundation donates to polio eradication effort.
Testing a bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine in India.
We played a clip from net@night episode 83.
I wrote about Jonathan Swift\\u2019s \\u2018Animalcules\\u2019 on virology blog.
Science blog of the week: Research Blogging
Science podcast pick of the week: Boston Museum of Science podcast
Science book of the week:\\xa0The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher by Lewis Thomas