The born immunity

This Week in Virology

TWiV reviews susceptibility to vaccine-preventable infections in asylum seekers, the economic power of vaccines, French university tries to bury its investigation of a faculty member’s ethical lapses, transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in New Zealand before and after COVID-19, and a germ line encoded antibody that recognizes a broad array of enveloped viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker

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  • Why RFK Jr is not suitable for HHS (YouTube)
  • Write your Senators to oppose RFK Jr
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  • ASV 2025
  • Susceptibility to infections in asylum seekers (NEJM)
  • RSV hospitalization in adults (JAMA Net Open)
  • Ethics failings at French university (Science)
  • RSV transmission in New Zealand (Nat Commun)
  • Glycan reactive IgM binds multiple viruses (SciImmunol)
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Weekly Picks

Brianne – Publication of Updated Human Cell Atlas Rich – Astroscale Alan – E3 ubiquitin ligase game, and an article about its origin Vincent – In the Quantum World, Even Points of View Are Uncertain

Listener Pick

Ryan – A Dangerous Moment

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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