TWiV 837: COVID-19 clinical update #91 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #91, Dr. Griffin discusses final results of molnupiravir trial, Omicron variant of concern, outcomes in B-cell depleted patients, recovery in T-cell depleted macaques, peptide for induction of T cell immunity, high respiratory viral RNA loads in infants, IgA and T cells transferred to breast milk after vaccination, sensitivity and specificity of ID NOW, post-acute sequelae at 12 months, disease in low and middle income countries. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Update on Mol...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 4, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 836: OMG, Omicron!
TWiV reveals all that we know so far about the variant of concern B.1.1.529, also called Omicron, and describes a study on the ability of the alpha, beta, and delta variants to reproduce in cells in culture and induce membrane fusion. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Omicron genome changes (Covariants) Omicron shared changes with other variants (Covariants) Update on Omicron (WHO) Spike polymutant PMS20 (bioRxiv) Syncytium formation of variants of concern (EMBO J) Variants as...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - December 2, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 835: Giving thanks for antibodies
TWiV reviews why children should be vaccinated against COVID-19, increased risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 Beta, Gamma, and Delta variant compared to Alpha variant in vaccinated but not recovered individuals, and immune correlates of protection from the mRNA-1273 vaccine efficacy trial. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode COVID-19 vaccines for children (Science) Risk of infection with variants (medRxiv) Immune correlates of mRNA-1273 (Science) Letters read on TWiV 835 Timestamps by J...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 28, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 834: COVID-19 clinical update #90 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #90, Dr. Griffin covers FDA expansion for booster doses, 3 more at home antigen tests approved by FDA, immune correlates analysis of mRNA-1273 vaccine, risk for stillbirth, PROVENT prophylaxis trial results, fluvoxamine recommendations, advice on molnupiravir, automated text messaging service for monitoring illness, and long COVID-19 after vaccination and infection. Hosts: Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Expanded eligibility for booster doses (FDA) More rapid antigen tests approved...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 27, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
TWiV 833: Grand theft kinesin
TWiV reviews Michael Worobey’s dissection of the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, and the discovery that herpesviruses assimilate cellular kinesin to produce motorized virus particles. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan (Science) Herpesviruses assimilate kinesin (Nature) Letters read on TWiV 833 Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – Power of poop Alan – Under the Sky We Make, by Kimberly Nicholas Vincent – Enzymatic amplification of beta-globing...
Source: This Week in Virology - MP3 Edition - November 25, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Source Type: podcasts
