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Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\\xa0Rich Condit,\\xa0Alan Dove, and\\xa0Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Rich, Alan and Kathy review H7N9 infections in China, the debate over patenting genes, and receptor-binding by ferret-transmissible avian H5 influenza virus.

Links for this episode:

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• Francois Jacob\\xa0dies (The Loom)
  
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• WHO updates\\xa0on H7N9
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• H7N9 is\\xa0unusually dangerous\\xa0(ScienceInsider)
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• H7N9 case\\xa0imported into Taiwan
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• No H7N9 in\\xa0poultry farms\\xa0(Xinhua)
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• Supreme Court considers gene patents (TheScientist,\\xa0Nature)
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• Patent my jeans,\\xa0not my genes\\xa0(Michael Wosnick)
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• Receptor binding\\xa0by ferret transmissible H5 virus (Nature)
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• Microscale thermophoresis\\xa0and\\xa0bio-layer interferometry\\xa0(Wikipedia)
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• Letters read\\xa0on TWiV 230
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