TWiV explains the use of a neuronal cell line to study herpes simplex virus latency and reactivation, and a strategy for creating vaccines that induce antibodies against specific epitopes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier,Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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- Neuronal cell line supports herpes simplex virus latency (J Virol) 18:56
- Protect, modify, deprotect (PNAS) 44:16
- Letters read on TWiV 550 7:41, 1:06:13
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Science Picks 1:24:02
Alan – Quabbin Reservoir
Rich – Katherine Swan Ginsburg Humanism in Medicine Program; The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Brianne – UPitt Measles Simulator
Dickson – James Webb Space Telescope
Vincent – Nobel Prizes and Life Sciences by Erling Norrby
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https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2019/06/03/massachusetts-religious-exemption-vaccines
Update on Jerry’s rant there is a vaccine debate now at play in Ohio and Massachusetts.
https://openstates.org/or/bills/2019%20Regular%20Session/SJM12/
Now Oregon is in talks for a new vaccine law according to this site.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/meet-the-new-york-couple-donating-millions-to-the-anti-vax-movement/2019/06/18/9d791bcc-8e28-11e9-b08e-cfd89bd36d4e_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d2ad61486faa
We have an update Bernard Selz and his wife, Lisa Selz has been named as one of the Top Donors to the Anti-Vaxx Movement. Yes Political donations for the 2020 elections have been released for one of the donors according to this Washington Post Article.