Episode Details

TWiV discusses a new henipavirus from fruit bats in Madagascar, and attenuation of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron disease in mice caused by genome mutations outside of the spike protein coding region.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Research assistant position at FDA (pdf)
• Beijerinck virology prize (KNAW)
• Nipah virus vaccine (TWiV 618)
• Novel henipavirus from Madagascar (J Viral)
• Spike-independent Omicron attenuation in mice (Cell Rep)
• Letters read on TWiV 933
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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