TWiV dissects a study of COVID-19 vaccination which shows that the timing of initial rollout affects disease outcomes more substantially than final coverage or degree of socioeconomic disparity, and discovery of a novel cellular defense comprising a nuclease that is activated by poxvirus infection and cleaves a specific tRNA molecule to inhibit protein synthesis.
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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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- Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf) 1:46
- Impact of COVID-19 vaccination trends (Sci Adv) 3:20
- Poxvirus-activated anticodon nuclease (Sci Adv) 29:54
- Letters read on TWiV 1035 1:23:08
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