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TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice

TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice

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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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  • Support science education at MicrobeTV
  • 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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Brianne – Virus snowflakes
Kathy – When "Physic(k)s Lost Its 'k' and other Language Quarks
Vincent – The Peripheral by William Gibson

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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