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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.…

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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…

5 years ago

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COVID-19 clinical update #64 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

Episode 761

In COVID-19 clinical update #64, Daniel Griffin covers new guidance from NY on day camps, mitigation and infection rates in schools, testing to susta…

5 years ago

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SARS-CoV-2 origins with Peter Daszak, Thea Kølsen Fischer, Marion Koopmans

Episode 760

Peter Daszak, Thea Kølsen Fischer, and Marion Koopmans, members of the WHO team investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2 join TWiV to explain the work…

5 years ago

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Pork dogs and an evolutionary pickle

Episode 759

TWiV examines spillovers of porcine and canine coronaviruses into humans in Haiti and Malaysia, and how antigenic evolution of measles virus is const…

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COVID-19 clinical update #63 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

Episode 758

In COVID-19 clinical update #63, Daniel Griffin reviews cases at child care facilities, estimates of mRNA vaccine effectiveness, risk of reinfection …

5 years ago

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Supershedders and super vaccines

Episode 757

TWiV reveals that 2% of SARS-CoV-2−positive individuals carry 90% of the virus circulating in a college campus, and a nanoparticle vaccine that induc…

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Precluding problematic polio prophylaxis

Episode 756

TWiV returns to the 2012 brouhaha over transmission experiments with avian H5N1 influenza virus, re-examines the claim of SARS-CoV-2 RNA integration …

5 years ago

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COVID-19 clinical update #62 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

Episode 755

In COVID-19 clinical update #62, Daniel Griffin covers outdoor transmission of the virus, safe use of NSAIDS, expansion of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to…

5 years ago

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Tuesday two: SARS-CoV-2 and TLR2

Episode 754

TWiV discusses the finding that the envelope (E) protein of SARS-CoV-2 is sensed by toll-like receptor 2 on cells, leading to the production of infla…

5 years ago

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