TWiV covers a second death over 150 cases of measles in Texas, utter failure of removal of type 2 poliovirus from OPV, more OPV doses administered in Gaza, second Ebola outbreak in Sudan, vaccine being tested, Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants to Columbia University, bat-infecting merbecovirus that binds human ACE2 and infects human cells, and innate immune sensing of rotavirus by intestinal epithelial cells leads to diarrhea.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
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- Support science education at MicrobeTV 2:26
- ASV 2025 2:40, 1:33:25
- Second child dies of measles (NY Times)4:15
- Over 150 measles cases in Texas (Texas DSHS) 4:50
- Utter failure of removal of OPV2 from OPV (Science) 7:56
- Over 600,000 doses of OPV administered in Gaza (polioeradication) 14:39
- Second outbreak of Sudan Ebola in Uganda (IAVI) 15:51
- Columbia grants canceled by administration (NBC News) 17:23
- Bat merbecovirus also infects human cells via Ace2 (Cell) 20:54
- Recent virus research, was proper containment used? (NY Times) 44:09
- Innate immune sensing of rotatvirus leads to diarrhea (Cell Host Microbe) 1:02:15
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:35:19
Kathy – Mice cry out when they urinate, and give mouth to mouth resuscitation
Rich – Firefly Aerospace
Alan – Strong Museum of Play
Vincent – How a PhD student’s lab size affects their chance of future academic success
Listener Picks
Larry – James Harrison’s rare blood protected many infants
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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