Nels and Vincent discuss an analysis of the drivers of evolution of SARS-CoV-2 during chronic infections, indicating that a tradeoff exists between antibody evasion and fitness.
Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello
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- SARS-CoV-2 evolution during chronic infection (Nat Med) 7:56
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Hi Nels & Vincent,
I recently heard a short interview with Betül Kaçar, paleogeneticist from Univ of Wisconsin, on the Quanta podcast ‘The Joy of Why’ episode “How Could Life Evolve from Cyanide”, 17:17 (quantamagazine.org/how-could-life-evolve-from-cyanide-20220601/. I though she and her topic were very interesting, and I’d love to learn more. Perhaps she would be a good guest for TWiEVO?
Thanks, Mark from Missoula
Always so helpful and informative.
I don’t catch it live,