TWiV 966: 1918 influenza with Jeffery Taubenberger
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Vincent travels to the NIH campus to speak with Jeffery Taubenberger about his career, the 1918 influenza pandemic, deciphering the genome sequence of the virus from tissues of disease victims and using it to rescue infectious virus.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Jeffery Taubenberger
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- Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus (Science)
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