Hosts: Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier
Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss Edward Jenner’s paper on cowpox vaccine, then move 200 years later to modern vaccines against norovirus, influenza H5N1, and more.
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Links for this episode:
- Norton Zinder, 83 (Reuters)
- Jenner’s cowpox vaccine paper (Bartleby, Gutenberg)
- Norovirus VLP vaccine (NEJM)
- Plant-grown H5N1 VLP vaccine (Reuters, PLoS One)
- Plant-grown norovirus VLP
- Hexavalent pediatric vaccine
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- Letters read on TWiV 170
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“You can snort powdered scabs from people who have had the disease…”
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