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Episode 771
A TWiV trio reveals the 100 million year old history of bornavirus infections hidden as EVEs in vertebrate genomes, and identification of novel bat c…
4 years, 6 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #67 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 770
In COVID-19 clinical update #67, Daniel Griffin reviews antibodies to the virus early in the US, serology testing of blood donations, MIS-C in childr…
4 years, 6 months ago
MIS-C and leaky gut
Episode 769
On this episode of TWiV, Novavax COVID-19 vaccine demonstrates 90% overall efficacy, preventing an antigenically disruptive change during growth of i…
4 years, 6 months ago
Can nanobody stop these variants?
Episode 768
TWiV describes how human behavior, not increased transmissibility, led to increased spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant throughout Europe in summer 2020, …
4 years, 7 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #66 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 767
In COVID-19 clinical update #66, Daniel Griffin covers treatment guidelines from IDSA, hospitalization of adolescents, estimating epidemiological dyn…
4 years, 7 months ago
The CORONA project with David Fajgenbaum
Episode 766
David joins TWiV to relate how his near-death experience with Castleman’s disease motivated him to found the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & La…
4 years, 7 months ago
Potpourri of COVID-19
Episode 765
TWiV reviews the new nomenclature for SARS-CoV-2 variants, effectiveness of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against variants, modified Moderna vaccine agains…
4 years, 7 months ago
COVID-19 clinical update #65 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
Episode 764
In COVID-19 clinical update #65, Daniel Griffin summarizes effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions, updated summer camp guidance from CDC, serolo…
4 years, 7 months ago
Cap-snatch fever
Episode 763
TWiV explains how cap-snatching, the priming of viral mRNA synthesis with fragments of host mRNAs, can lead to the synthesis of novel viral proteins.…
4 years, 7 months ago
SARS-CoV-2 origins with Robert Garry
Episode 762
Robert Garry joins TWiV to explain how the molecular biology of SARS-CoV-2 shows that it came from Nature and not a lab, including the receptor bindi…
4 years, 7 months ago