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Published: Oct. 27, 2013, 9:16 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Rich Condit, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Vincent, Dickson, Alan, Rich, and Kathy review two papers that present evidence for RNA interference as an antiviral immunity mechanism in mammals.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• World Polio Day
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• Mole Day
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• John Holland's\xa0publications
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• RNAi is\xa0antiviral in mammals\xa0(Science)
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• Antiviral RNA interference\xa0in mammals (Science)
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• RNAi,\xa0antiviral after all\xa0(Science)
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• Is RNA interference\xa0antiviral in mammals?\xa0(Cell Host Microbe)
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• Nodamura virus\xa0(Nature)
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• Ebolavirus proteins\xa0suppress RNAi\xa0(J Virol)
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• Illustrated\xa0is an siRNA (orange), dicer (top right), and argonaute (bottom)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 256
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Vincent\xa0-\xa0The Truth about T. Rex\xa0by Brian Switek

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