TWiV 1257: Better cocktails and CRISPR chicken

TWiV explains experiments to create genetically modified chickens
that are resistant to avian influenza infection, and discovery of
combination antiviral therapy for HTLV-1 infection.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich
Condit


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Creating avian influenza virus resistant
chickens (Nat Comm)

Antiretroviral therapy and apoptosis inhibition
for HTLV-1 (Cell)

HTLV-1 infection (Cleveland Clinic)

Letters read on TWiV 1257

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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