TWiV 1257: Better cocktails and CRISPR chicken
28 September 2025

TWiV 1257: Better cocktails and CRISPR chicken

This Week in Virology

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TWiV explains experiments to create genetically modified chickens that are resistant to avian influenza infection, and discovery of combination antiviral therapy for HTLV-1 infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

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    Support science education at MicrobeTV Creating avian influenza virus resistant chickens (Nat Comm) Antiretroviral therapy and apoptosis inhibition for HTLV-1 (Cell) HTLV-1 infection (Cleveland Clinic) Letters read on TWiV 1257 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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