TWiV 739: COVID-19 convalescent plasma with Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall joins TWiV to discuss the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19, including a history of the process, how plasma is prepared and tested, why it is difficult to conduct randomiz...
4 Apr 20211h 55min
TWiV 738: COVID-19 clinical update #56 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #56, Daniel Griffin note increasing hospitalization in children and young adults, Pfizer vaccine efficacy results in 12-15 year olds, rapid self administered nucleic acid a...
3 Apr 202135min
TWiV 737: SARS-CoV-2 in NYC wastewater
John, Monica, and Davida join TWiV to discuss development of a method to detect SARS-CoV-2 in raw sewage from all 14 of New York City's treatment plants, and its use to determine the presence of the g...
1 Apr 20211h 55min
TWiV 736: Rhapsody in T with Alessandro Sette
Alessandro Sette joins TWiV to discuss the role of T cells in COVID-19, the finding that amino acid changes in SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern have a negligible impact on T cell reactivity in convalesc...
28 Mar 20212h 1min
TWiV 735: COVID-19 clinical update #55 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #55, Daniel Griffin reviews recommendations for keeping transmission low in school settings, optimal testing strategies for schools and businesses, impact of vaccines on as...
26 Mar 202139min
TWiV 734: Weiss hath no furin like a virus scorned
Susan Weiss returns to TWiV to discuss coronavirus entry into cells and the role of spike protein cleavage by proteases, why lab escaped hypotheses for SARS-CoV-2 are unlikely, and modulation of innat...
21 Mar 20212h 10min
TWiV 733: COVID-19 clinical update #54 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #54, Daniel Griffin covers effectiveness of 3 vs 6 ft physical distancing, effectiveness of masks, physical distancing, and eye shields, second vaccine dose completion, all...
20 Mar 202134min
TWiV 732: Citizen science with Forest Rohwer and Maria-Isabel Rojas
Forest and Maria-Isabel join TWiV to discuss their their project to engage thousands of citizens to swab inanimate surfaces in the San Diego area, then send the samples to the Rohwer Lab for nucleic a...
18 Mar 20211h 52min
