TWiV 1151: Hotel California for Phage

September 22, 2024

TWiV reviews polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, viruses with zoonotic potential in farmed fur animals, low HPV vaccination in North Texas associated with high rates of cervical cancer, a large flavivirus genome that does not encode error correction machinery, and antiphage defense through inhibition of virion assembly.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey

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Weekly Picks 1:33:45

DicksonDigital nature pics winners 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Alan – Adorable story about a Nigerian paralympian couple who are both polio survivors
JoleneCapsid assembly model with self-assembling pentamers in 3D print model (plus three more models now available if search self assembling virus) and Wonderlab article about exhibit using this to teach about viral patterns in Bloomington Indiana Science museum
VincentThe collapse of bat populations led to more than a thousand infant deaths

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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