TWiV reviews susceptibility to vaccine-preventable infections in asylum seekers, the economic power of vaccines, French university tries to bury its investigation of a faculty member’s ethical lapses, transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New Zealand before and after COVID-19, and a germ line encoded antibody that recognizes a broad array of enveloped viruses.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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- ASV 2025 11:33
- Susceptibility to infections in asylum seekers (NEJM) 12:41
- RSV hospitalization in adults (JAMA Net Open) 14:34
- Ethics failings at French university (Science) 15:18
- RSV transmission in New Zealand (Nat Commun) 18:58
- Glycan reactive IgM binds multiple viruses (SciImmunol) 40:11
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:29:20
Brianne – Publication of Updated Human Cell Atlas
Rich – Astroscale
Alan – E3 ubiquitin ligase game, and an article about its origin
Vincent – In the Quantum World, Even Points of View Are Uncertain
Listener Pick
Ryan – A Dangerous Moment
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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I was disappointed that the sum total of actual discussion on the titled viruses only last about 38 minutes. Would have been nice if y’all could have cut down on the chit chat and discussed these two viruses in more depth.