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Principles of CRISPR-Cas13 mismatch intolerance enable selective silencing of point-mutated oncogenic RNA with single-base precision | @Farehlab | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Glycan induced structural activation of HPV @NatureComms - rdcu.be/d1IVn

Virus-modified paraspeckle-like condensates @WhitehouseLab rdcu.be/d1IPB

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A B cell screen against endogenous retroviruses identifies glycan-reactive IgM that recognizes a broad array of enveloped viruses | @VirusesImmunity Science Immunology science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

🌏 Congratulations to Professor Patrick Reading on his appointment as Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza! Prof Reading replaces Prof Kanta Subbarao, Honorary Fellow at @TheDohertyInst who led the Centre for eight years before taking up a prestigious professorial position in Canada earlier this year. @TheRMH @UniMelbMDHS go.unimelb.edu.au/wf98

Retrotransposons are co-opted to activate hematopoietic stem cells and erythropoiesis | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

I am absolutely delighted on being elected a member of the US National Academy of Medicine. Grateful to many mentors, partners, collaborators, students and colleagues who have been part of my journey @SANTHEafrica @SciforAfrica @UCLInfectImm @HPP_Research @ragoninstitute

Hot off the press 🔥 Host cell glycosylation selects for infection with CCR5- versus CXCR4-tropic HIV-1 Spearheaded by @HannahItell nature.com/articles/s4156…

LINE1 modulate human T cell function by regulating protein synthesis during the life span | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Wow! Spectacular news for the HIV prevention armamentarium: Lenacapavir showed 100% efficiency...they stopped the blinded phase of the trial to offer it to all participants...aaand it's twice yearly regimen! long way since the muliple horse pills per day! reuters.com/business/healt…

What has 126 figure panels and a completely new antiviral pathway? The @GammonLab's latest paper in @NatureMicrobiol, featuring student Emily Rex's tour de force discovery of the FEAR pathway. Huge congrats to the team! nature.com/articles/s4156…

Endogenous feline leukemia virus long terminal repeat integration site diversity is highly variable in related and unrelated domestic cats dlvr.it/T2m6hm

Researchers solve an 80-year mystery confirming categorically that mosquitoes transmit Mycobacterium ulcerans, the bacteria that causes #BuruliUlcer, from the environment to humans.🦟 doherty.edu.au/news-events/ne… Published in @NatureMicrobiol, led by @tstinear @UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH

Retrovirology is proud to have a new article collection, entitled "HIV infection of uncommon host cells", guest edited by J Victor Garcia-Martinez of University of North Carolina Read the published articles at: biomedcentral.com/collections/HI…

BREAKING🔔 A new study from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out! The preprint will be out so soon, but we first show our results on the efficacy of XBB.1.5 monovalent vaccine - comparison between infection-naïve and XBB-infected individuals. Please retweet/repost🔥 1/

POLE3 is a repressor of unintegrated HIV-1 DNA required for efficient virus integration and escape from innate immune sensing | Science Advances science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Hydrogel implant rehabilitates muscles through electrical stimulation nature.com/articles/d4158…

Selective control of transposable element expression during T cell exhaustion and anti–PD-1 treatment | Science Immunology science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…