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TWiV 757: Supershedders and super vaccines

  • May 20, 2021
  • Tagged as: coronavirus, COVID-19, nanoparticle, pandemic, receptor binding domain, RT-PCR, SARS-CoV-2, shedding, sortases, superspreader, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus, viruses

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 induces cross-reactive immunity against multiple pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.

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TWiV 566: Chicken gumbo and a corona

  • September 22, 2019
  • Tagged as: alzheimer's disease, amyloid, exonuclease, herpesvirus, nanoparticle, proofreading, protein corona, quasispecies, viral, virology, virus, viruses

The TWiV team reveals the protein corona that surrounds virus particles and influences infectivity and amyloid aggregation, and a proofreading-impaired herpesvirus that produces quasispecies-like populations.

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TWiV 56: Perspicuously perspicacious

  • November 1, 2009
  • Tagged as: adjuvant, H1N1, hand washing, influenza, nanoparticle, pandemic, swine flu, transmission, Vaccine, viral, virology, virus

Vincent, Dick, Alan, and Cliff answer questions from listeners on swine influenza origins, transmission, virulence, and vaccines, HIV and AIDS, and more.

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