TWiV 904: 50 years of reverse transcriptase

Vincent travels to Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to speak with David Baltimore, John Coffin, and Harold Varmus about the discovery in 1970 of retroviral reverse transcriptase and its impact on life sciences research. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Guests: David Baltimore, John Coffin, and Harold Varmus Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Fifty Years of Reverse Transcriptase (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 50th Anniversary of RT discovery (Mol Biol Cell) RT in virions of Rous sarcoma virus – Temin (Nature) RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in tumor virus particles – Baltimore (Nature) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv

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TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Professors Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and science writer Alan Dove and guests deconstruct viruses, how they cause illness, and dissect the latest research.