TWiV 678: Fishing for viruses with Nels Elde
Nels joins TWiV to reveal the discovery of a picornavirus of zebrafish by measuring immune responses in the host, genome sequence analysis of the White House COVID-19 outbreak, and a six-fold higher S...
5 Nov 20201h 51min
TWiV 677: Does antibody really know what time it is?
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss rapid deployment of SARS-CoV-2 testing by research laboratories in San Francisco, longitudinal observation of antibodies to SARS-...
1 Nov 20202h 41min
TWiV 676: Tragic gene flow from Neanderthals
In this episode we explain how regions of the human genome associated with severe COVID-19 are identified, the finding that one of these regions was inherited from Neanderthals, and prolonged SARS-CoV...
29 Okt 20202h
TWiV 675: Forget what you've herd about immunity
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then we discuss Bill Foege's letter to CDC director Robert Redfield, the false promise of herd immunity for COVID-19, secret blueprints for SARS-...
25 Okt 20202h 54min
TWiV 674: In the company of coronaviruses with Lisa Gralinski
Lisa joins TWiV to discuss her research on the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2, including work on vaccines and an antiviral, then we review the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein as a potenti...
22 Okt 20201h 58min
TWiV 673: Wake up and smell the pandemic
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, we debunk the Great Barrington Declaration, and discuss smell and taste changes as early indicators of the pandemic, vascular disease and thrombo...
18 Okt 20202h 40min
TWiV 672: Black in Microbiology with Ari Kozik and Kishana Taylor
Ari and Kishana, two of the founders of Black in Microbiology, join TWiV to discuss the goals of the organization, then we review pauses of J&J and Lilly COVID-19 vaccine trials, preclinical studies o...
15 Okt 20202h 5min
TWiV 671: Prizes, polio, and a pandemic puzzle
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then Amy joins us to discuss the 2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, continuing circulation of poliovirus in Afghanist...
11 Okt 20202h 49min
