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TWiV Special: David Baltimore, remembered

TWiV Special: David Baltimore, remembered

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TWiV re-issues our 100th episode which featured a discussion of viruses with David Baltimore, an exemplary scientist and Vincent’s exemplary mentor, who passed on 6 September 2025.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Guest: David Baltimore

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  • Support science education at MicrobeTV
  • David’s early papers on poliovirus and mengovirus RNA synthesis
  • Reverse transcriptase found by Baltimore and Temin (pdfs)
  • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975
  • The David Baltimore asteroid belt
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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