The TWiM team notes the passing of Allan Campbell, and explains how aminoglycoside antibiotics like neomycin enhance host resistance to viral infection.

Hosts: 

Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson.

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Links for this episode:

• Happy Birthday, Elio! (STC)
• Allan Campbell, 88 (Stanford News)
• Life in Science by Allan Campbell (Bacteriophage)
• Aminoglycosides inhibit viral infection (Nat Micro)
• Image credit
• Letters read on TWiM 175

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