TWiV 1307: My heart breaks for flu

TWiV reviews the structural basis for Rep-mediated adeno-associated virus DNA genome packaging, how influenza virus-infected myeloid cells travel to the heart and infect cardiomyocytes, leading to IFN-fueled heart damage.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• Robin Weiss passes (ICR)
• Judge strikes down RFK Jr.'s vaccine policies (NYTimes)
• How Rep protein packages AAV DNA (Cell Rep)
• How influenza virus causes heart damage (Immunity)
• Influenza virus hitches a cellular ride to the heart (Cell Host Microbe)
• Letters read on TWiV 1307
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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