TWiV #85 - Hepatitis C virus with Professor Michael Gale

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 Links for this episode: 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