TWiV #85 - Hepatitis C virus with Professor Michael Gale

06/06/2010 55 min
TWiV #85 - Hepatitis C virus with Professor Michael Gale

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Episode Synopsis

On episode #85 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent and Michael Gale discuss the origin, pathogenesis, prevention, of hepatitis C virus, and how it evades innate immune responses.
Host links Vincent Racaniello and Michael Gale
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The Gale Laboratory at the University of Washington
Incredible view from the Gale laboratory (jpg)
Evasion and disruption of innate immune signalling by hepatitis C and West Nile viruses (review)
New potent HCV inhibitor
HCV virion and genome structures at ViralZone