TWiV 956: A domesticated viral envelope with Cedric Feschotte and John Anthony Frank

This Week in Virology

Cedric and John join TWiV to discuss their research showing that a human protein derived from an ancient retrovirus infection can protect against infection by other retroviruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler

Guest: Cedric Feschotte and John Anthony Frank

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• Support MicrobeTV with a Spike t-shirt (Vaccinated.us) with promo code MicrobeTV
• Cedric on TWiV 935
• Antiviral retroviral protein (Science)
• Stealing genes, facing consequences (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 956
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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