TWiV 1257: Better cocktails and CRISPR chicken

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV 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! Weekly Picks Rich – Chagas Disease, an Endemic Disease in the United States Alan – Archive of molecular biology artifacts ends its long, strange trip at a museum Vincent – The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward Breaking Point Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.1	From MicrowTV, this is Twiv.
0:13.7	This Week in Virology, episode 1257, recorded on September 26, 2025.
0:24.1	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast, All About Viruses.
0:29.9	Joining me today from Austin, Texas, Rich Condit.
0:34.5	Howdy, Vincent.
0:36.0	Here we have 92 degrees and sunny.
0:41.4	So,
0:42.8	the first day of fall is like,
0:46.0	was a couple of days ago, right?
0:47.9	Yeah, it's done.
0:49.8	So, not yet.
0:53.6	Though I have to say it was 64 this morning, which for here now is really a relief.
1:04.2	And we're looking at mid-60s in the morning for the foreseeable future, low 90s.
1:10.9	I'll take that. That'ss. I'll take that.
1:12.5	That's okay.
1:13.7	I can handle that.
1:15.6	Here it's 27C and cloudy.
1:21.0	New sun to be seen.
1:23.0	Also joining us from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
1:26.4	Good to be here.
1:30.3	And it's 80 Fahrenheit 27C here.
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