<p>Yesterday my Fresh Air interview was broadcast. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/04/04/150003129/the-race-to-create-the-best-antiviral-drugs" title="">You can listen to it here.</a> I've been lots of emails with follow-up questions, and it occurred to me that I really ought to gather up some links to more information about the topics I discussed. If I haven't addressed a question you had listening to the show, leave a comment to this post and I'll add a link. <strong>Antivirals:</strong><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/ff_antivirals/all/1" title=""> My feature in <em>Wired</em> on the search for antiviral drugs</a><strong>The "virome"--the viruses that live in our body:</strong><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/01/03/mouth-war/" title=""> A Loom post about the swarms of viruses in the mouth, where they kill off bacteria</a><a href="http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100714/full/news.2010.353.html" title="">An article in <em>Nature</em> about a study of the viruses in identical twins</a><strong>The microbiome</strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/science/13micro.html?pagewanted=all" title=""> My article in the <em>New York Times</em></a><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/03/31/the-human-lake/" title=""> My essay on the Loom about medical ecology</a><a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/09/mf_microbiome/" title="">My <em>Wired</em> atlas of the human ecosystem</a><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/06/27/discovering-my-microbiome-you-my-friend-are-a-wonderland/" title="">An example of microbiome research: extreme navel gazing</a><a href="https://sciam.cn/article.cfm?id=swapping-germs" title=""> Maryn McKenna's story in <em>Scientific American</em> on the struggle to mainstream fecal transplants to treat deadly infections</a><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/category/bacteria/microbiome-bacteria/" title=""> Ed Yong's oeuvre on the microbiome at Not Exactly Rocket Science</a><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/killing-beneficial-bacteria/" title="">Mayrn McKenna on her blog at Wired writing on the link between beneficial bacteria and protection from asthma, obesity, and other ills.</a><strong>My books related to the interview</strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Planet-Viruses-Carl-Zimmer/dp/0226983366/ref=tmm_pap_title_0" title="">A Planet of Viruses</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Microcosm-Coli-Science-Life-Vintage/dp/0307276864/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1207434928&amp;sr=8-2" title="">Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life</a></p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div>

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Fresh Air interview: links to information on viruses, antivirals, the microbiome, and more

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Yesterday my Fresh Air interview was broadcast. You can listen to it here. I've been lots of emails with follow-up questions, and it occurred to me that I really ought to gather up some links to more information about the topics I discussed. If I haven't addressed a question you had listening to the show, leave a comment to this post and I'll add a link. Antivirals: My feature in Wired on the search for antiviral drugsThe "virome"--the viruses that live in our body: A Loom post about the swarms of viruses in the mouth, where they kill off bacteriaAn article in Nature about a study of the viruses in identical twinsThe microbiome My article in the New York Times My essay on the Loom about medical ecologyMy Wired atlas of the human ecosystemAn example of microbiome research: extreme navel gazing Maryn McKenna's story in Scientific American on the struggle to mainstream fecal transplants to treat deadly infections Ed Yong's oeuvre on the microbiome at Not Exactly Rocket ScienceMayrn McKenna on her blog at Wired writing on the link between beneficial bacteria and protection from asthma, obesity, and other ills.My books related to the interviewA Planet of VirusesMicrocosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life

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