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Published: May 11, 2014, 6:52 p.m.

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

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The TWiV team discusses\xa0how skin scarification promotes a nonspecific immune response, and whether remaining stocks of smallpox virus should be destroyed.

\nLinks for this episode\n

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• Skin scarification\xa0protects against vaccinia virus disease (J Virol)
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• Smallpox\xa0research agenda\xa0(PLoS Path)
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• WHO report on\xa0variola research\xa0(pdf)
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• Review of\xa0smallpox research program\xa0for WHO (pdf)
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• How I\xa0record my lectures\xa0(virology blog)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 284
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Rich\xa0-\xa0EPCOT
Vincent\xa0-\xa0Medical Biotechnology
Kathy\xa0-\xa0Alan Alda interview and Flame Challenge winner
Dickson\xa0-\xa0NASA live from space

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Nicola\xa0-\xa050 cent microscope\xa0(be a\xa0beta tester)
Jon\xa0-\xa0Camtasia Studio

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