TWiV 1351: Ebola Virus Brains and Contagious Catfish Cancers

TWiV describes a human cerebral organoid model for Ebola virus persistence, and brown bullhead catfish melanoma, a novel transmissible cancer.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello), Alan Dove, and Rich Condit (mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich) Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email (eepurl.com/Gcw59)
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• Revamp of how NIH scores research grant proposals (Nature)
• Kansas BSL-4 lab faces more delays (Science)
• Ebola virus persistence in a human cerebral organoid model (Nat Micro)
• Hidden cost of immune privilege (Nat Micro)
• Transmissible melanoma of catfish (Nature)
• Skin cancer spreads between catfish (Nature)
• Tasmania devil cancer vaccine (Nature)
• Letters readmicrobe.tv/twiv/twiv-1351-letters/on TWiV 1351
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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