100 episodes

TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Professors Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and science writer Alan Dove and guests deconstruct viruses, how they cause illness, and dissect the latest research.

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TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Professors Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler and science writer Alan Dove and guests deconstruct viruses, how they cause illness, and dissect the latest research.

    Vampire vax

    Vampire vax

    TWiV reveals isolation from bats in Laos of a SARS-CoV-2 like virus with a spike protein that allows entry into human cells, and exploration of a herpesvirus vector for immunization of vampire bats against rabies virus.

    • 1 hr 39 min
    Clinical update #81 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    Clinical update #81 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    In COVID-19 clinical update #81, Daniel Griffin discusses vaccine boosters, vaccination during pregnancy, mRNA vaccine comparison, J&J vaccine booster, EUA expansion for Lilly monoclonals, remdesivir reduces risk of hospitalization, and anticoagulation regimens.

    • 51 min
    The shot yearned 'round the world with Chadi Saad-Roy and Caroline Wagner

    The shot yearned 'round the world with Chadi Saad-Roy and Caroline Wagner

    Chadi and Caroline join TWiV to describe the potential epidemiological and evolutionary impacts of vaccine nationalism, and their modeling which emphasizes the importance of rapid equitable vaccine distribution for global control of the pandemic.

    • 1 hr 42 min
    COVID-19 clinical update #80 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    COVID-19 clinical update #80 with Dr. Daniel Griffin

    In COVID-19 clinical update #80, Daniel Griffin reviews infections in children, masking, testing to limit transmission, high barrier for monoclonal antibody escape, are boosters needed, use of steroids, grants for long COVID, and how the pandemic unfolds in Africa.

    • 49 min
    Delta and boosters

    Delta and boosters

    The TWiVotopes review current evidence which does not show the need for widespread COVID-19 booster vaccination, and results of experiments to examine the replication and immune evasion of the SARS-CoV-2 delta variant.

    • 1 hr 34 min
    A tangled web of viruses with Mya Breitbart

    A tangled web of viruses with Mya Breitbart

    Virus hunter Mya Breitbart joins TWiV to describe her laboratory’s work on viruses in spiders, insects, millipedes, freshwater springs, seawater, plants, human feces and much more.

    • 1 hr 51 min

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