TWiV 335: Ebola lite
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
The TWiVumvirate discusses a whole Ebolavirus vaccine that protects primates, the finding that Ebolavirus is not undergoing rapid evolution, and a proposal to increase the pool of life science researchers by cutting money and time from grants.
This episode is sponsored byASM Microbe and ICAAC/ICC
Links for this episode
Possible sexual transmission of Ebolavirus (MMWR)
Ebolavirus whole-virus vaccine protects primates (Science)
Biologically contained Ebolaviruses (PNAS)
Ebolavirus is evolving but not changing (Virology)
Ebolavirus not undergoing rapid evolution (Science)
This episode is sponsored by ASM Microbe and ICAAC/ICC
Letters read on TWiV 335
Timestamps by Jennifer. Thank you!
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