The TWiVy team deconstructs CoronaVac, the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech, and production of multivalent camelid nanobodies that block infection with the virus and suppress selection of neturalization-resistant variants.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
Click arrow to play
Download TWiV 708 (73 MB .mp3, 121 min)
Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email
Become a patron of TWiV!
Links for this episode
- David Kessler to head Operation Warp Speed (NY Times) 3:51
- Phase 1/2 results of Sinovac inactivated vaccine (Lancet) 6:09
- beta-propiolactone (Wikipedia) 13:11
- Multivalent anti-SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies (Science) 50:02
- Letters read on TWiV 708 1:17:16
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Picks 1:43:43
Dickson – Photos of mob attacking Capitol
Brianne – Video of Neutrophil Phagocytosis
Alan – Fishing Through the Apocalypse
Rich – A Word on Statistics by Wislawa Szymborska
Vincent – Letters from an American
Listener Pick
Mike – Have the new jab
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
Great to review this episode – and :and new development with these nanobodies ?
for Rich : funny anecdote – piece of advise from a vet : never come from behind an animal that is hunted in nature by predators .-lol