TWiV discusses the latest worrisome Executive Order on oversight of federal grantmaking, RFK Jr winds down mRNA viral vaccine development, Lenacapavir, a drug for AIDS prevention and treatment, and how respiratory virus infections awaken dormant metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode
- Support science education at MicrobeTV 2:06
- Oversight of Federal grantmaking (Whitehouse.gov) 2:37
- Grantmaking gets a Christofascist (Rasmussen Retorts) 3:15
- HHS winds down mRNA vaccine development (HHS) 10:31
- Lives saved by COVID vaccines (JAMA) 15:00
- Lenacapavir review (Biochem Pharm) 17:33
- UNAIDS urges Gilead to lower price of lenacapavir (UNAIDS) 40:56
- Gilead and price gouging (Wikipedia) 40:56
- Respiratory virus infections awaken metastatic breast cancer (Nature) 45:50
- Letters read on TWiV 1243 45:03, 1:30:39
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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