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The Autonomous CollecTWiVe reveal two effective treatments for Ebolavirus infection, how a virus in a fungus confers heat tolerance to a plant, and dampened inflammation as a mechanism for bat tolerance to viral infection.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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- Two new and effective Ebolavirus treatments (NIH, Nature)
- A virus in a fungus in a plant (Science)
- Dampened NLRP3-mediated inflammation in bats (Nat Micro)
- Bat tolerance to virus infection (Nat Micro)
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- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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