TWiV 321: aTRIP and a pause

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Dickson Despommier , Alan Dove , and Kathy Spindler Guest: Paul Duprex Paul joins the TWiV team to discuss the current moratorium on viral research to alter transmission, range and resistance, infectivity and immunity, and pathogenesis. Links for this episode Wain-Hobson objects ( one , two , three , four ) Influenza H7N1 transmission experiments (J Virol) Epistemological perspective on aTRIP experiments (mBio) Limited scientific value and risk (mBio) Reply to limited scientific value (mBio) Risks and benefits of aTRIP experiments (mBio) Apocalypse as rhetorical device in aTRIP debate (mBio) Moratorium on aTRIP experiments Moratorium on aTRIP research (mBio) Risks of influenza virus transmission experiments (mBio) Reply to risks of influenza virus transmission experiments (mBio) Vagueness of moratorium on aTRIP experiments (mBio) Role of aTRIP experiments in vaccine recommendation (mBio) Use of aTRIP data for surveillance and preparedness (mBio) aTRIP towards lexiconic precision (mBio) October 2014 NSABB meeting on aTRIP NAS aTRIP meeting (YouTube) MERS-CoV aTRIP experiments exempted (ScienceInsider) aTRIP: time for a debate (Nat Rev Micro) Effect of aTRIP moratorium on trainee plans (mBio) Make the moratorium permanent (Sci Am) Image credirt: John Morris Letters read on TWiV 321 Weekly Science Picks Alan - In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson Paul - Saving the lives of our dogs ( blog post ) Kathy - New all-female Lego set Dickson - Female storm-chaser Vincent - Despommier Photo Art Listener Pick of the Week Jacob - Exaggeration in news and press releases (BMJ) Peter - Quartet game (photos: one , two , three , four , five ) Send your virology questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]