Why Viruses Don't Infect the Same Cell Twice

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2012

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Immune-manipulating parasites, bacterial genomes married to disease processes and viruses that bounce off already-infected cells make for an infectious episode of the Naked Scientists this week. Also up for analysis, why the eyes vote no to long space journeys; the problem with prostate cancer prediction; why nanoparticles trigger bacteria to breed superbugs and the contagious question of which cancers you can catch... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:07.0	The Naked Scientists. under the microscope this week MRSA and a new way to probe how this bug causes disease.
0:26.0	Paracetic worms and why they might hold the key to the allergy treatments of tomorrow
0:31.0	and how some viruses ensure that they don't infect the same
0:34.8	cell twice by literally bouncing off the surface. It's almost as if the virus
0:40.9	infection is marking the newly infected cell as infected and saying
0:46.5	to the additional viral particles go away there's no point coming here I'm
0:51.8	infected already you need to go elsewhere.
0:54.4	I think that's a line I've used on my kids in the past.
0:56.9	Hello, it's Sunday the 18th of March.
0:59.2	Welcome to this week's naked scientists. I'm Chris Smith and also this week's Cat. Arnie Helicap.
1:03.6	Hello and we also have news this week of why space travel is bad for your eyesight
1:08.8	and why nanoparticles in wastewater
1:13.6	So if you would like to get in touch with any questions or comments
1:17.4	You can tweet at naked scientists you can comment at
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1:23.9	Chris at the Naked Scientist.com.
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1:36.4	UK.
1:40.4	Now, DNA sequencing technology is developing at a phenomenal rate.
1:46.0	Decoding the genetic sequence of bacterium now takes just hours and costs a few hundred pounds.
1:51.0	Ten years ago this price tag was in the millions.
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