TWiV 1269: The smell of influenza in the morning

TWiV reviews the passing of James D. Watson, the research that
showed human papillomaviruses to be present in genital and
laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers, and influenza
virus infection, shedding and symptoms in a human challenge
study.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,
and Brianne Barker


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Immune 100 live at the Incubator

James D. Watson dies (NY Times)

Russian translation of TWiV 1024 (Medium)

Canada’s new budget aims to lure US
researchers (Science)

Bird flu surging and spreading while US agencies
are asleep (npr)

US slashed WHO budget, now flu surveillance is
suffering globally (npr)

HPV sequences in papillomas and cervical cancers (PNAS)

zur Hausen Nobel Prize 2008 (Nobel)

Vincent interviews zur Hausen (YouTube)

Influenza virus infection, shedding, and disease in
humans (J Virol)

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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