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Sea Sawdust
Episode 259
Mark Martin returns to TWiM for a discussion of the frightening global burden of bacterial antibiotic resistance, and a solution to the problem of da…
4 years ago
A game of thrones
Episode 864
Monica, John, David, and Marc join TWiV to discuss their work on identifying cryptic SARS-CoV-2 lineages in New York City wastewater, and understandi…
4 years ago
Does this challenge study pass the smell test?
Episode 863
TWiV reviews the results of a study in which 36 volunteers were infected with SARS-CoV-2, and what was learned about the kinetics of virus reproducti…
4 years ago
COVID-19 clinical update #100 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 862
In COVID-19 clinical update #100, Daniel Griffin, from Accra, Ghana, reviews the challenges in evaluating Omicron severity, over 800 deaths in childr…
4 years, 1 month ago
Rough draft of Omicron origins
Episode 861
Nels joins TWiV to discuss hypotheses for the origins of Omicron, including that it came from mice or arose during chronic infection of an immunocomp…
4 years, 1 month ago
Evading a Toll on the road to RNA vaccines
Episode 860
TWiV reviews a seminal paper showing that chemically modified bases in RNAs suppress recognition by Toll-like receptors, a finding that that was esse…
4 years, 1 month ago
COVID-19 clinical update #99 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 859
In COVID-19 clinical update #99, Daniel Griffin discusses Omicron disease severity, neurologic manifestations in children, testing outcomes during mu…
4 years, 1 month ago
The vax of life with John Mascola
Episode 858
John Mascola joins TWiV to discuss the history and mission of the NIH Vaccine Research Center, how it prepared for devising pandemic vaccines, and de…
4 years, 1 month ago
Not just antibody, Jon Yewdell
Episode 857
Jon Yewdell returns to TWiV to discuss how antibodies are made, vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, antigenic variation of the virus, booster shots, and …
4 years, 1 month ago
COVID-19 clinical update #98 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 856
In COVID-19 clinical update #98, Daniel Griffin reviews COVID-19 in South Africa, recognition of Omicron by ancestral T cells, booster effectiveness …
4 years, 1 month ago