TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice

TWiV explains the 1953 paper by Watson & Crick proposing a
structure for DNA, and the role of Epstein-Barr virus in
triggering the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler,
and Brianne Barker


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Immune 100 live at the Incubator

CDC revives debunked ‘link’ between childhood vaccines and
autism (npr)

A structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid (Nature pdf)

Three Papers, Three Lessons (Am J Resp Crit Care Med)

Discovery of Double Helix (Crick Papers)

Jim Watson was blinded by DNA (NY Times)

What Rosalind Franklin contributed (Nature)

EBV reprograms autoreactive B-cells in lupus (Sci
Transl Med)

EBV and the making of lupus (Sci Transl Med)

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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