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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants.
This episode is sponsored by ASM Microbe and ICAAC/ICC
Links for this episode- Possible sexual transmission of Ebolavirus (MMWR)
- Ebolavirus whole-virus vaccine protects primates (Science)
- Biologically contained Ebolaviruses (PNAS)
- Ebolavirus is evolving but not changing (Virology)
- Ebolavirus not undergoing rapid evolution (Science)
- Letters read on TWiV 335
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
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