This Week in Virology

TWiV 187: The mummy

Jun 11, 2012 · 1 hr 28 min · 63.7 MB
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Rich Condit

Vincent and Rich discuss recovery of a hepatitis B viral genome from a 16th century Korean mummy, and personal omics profiling of an individual over a 14 month period.

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Rich - The Checklist by Atul GawandeVincent - Artologica

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