MicrobeWorld

TWiV 174: Dog runs and mooing miRs

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Vincent, Alan, and Rich consider whether pet dogs might transmit human noroviruses, and an RNA virus microRNA that might be involved in oncogenesis.

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Links for this episode:

• Do pet dogs transmit human norovirus? (J Clin Virol)
• RNA virus miRNA that mimics oncomiR (PNAS)
• MicroRNA expression by an RNA virus (PNAS)
• Lab safety stickers jpg (thanks, Jon!)
• Amateur virologists (Zimmer, NY Times)
• Genome at home (Wired)
• Barbergators sing national anthem (YouTube)
• TWiV on Facebook
• Letters read on TWiV 174

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