Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
The TWiV team reviews the discovery of old vials of smallpox virus at NIH, anthrax and influenza mishaps at CDC, the baby who was not cured of HIV, Cambridge Working Group, and sacking of NSABB members.
Links for this episode
Newly discovered smallpox (CDC)
Infectious smallpox in FDA storage (FDA)
Report on potential anthrax exposure (pdf, CDC)
CDC Director on unsafe practices (NY Times)
HIV returns to baby (NY Times)
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Original HIV baby cured article (NEJM)
Cambridge Working Group
NSABB members released (ScienceInsider)
Letters read on TWiV 294
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