TWiV 1035: Poxvirus wars, warp speed COVID-19 vaccine rollout
This Week in Virology
English - August 13, 2023 04:00 - 2 hours - 83.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 2K ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine racaniello vincent twiv virus virology microbe microbiology pathogen infection infectious Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
TWiV dissects a study of COVID-19 vaccination which shows that the timing of initial rollout affects disease outcomes more substantially than final coverage or degree of socioeconomic disparity, and discovery of a novel cellular defense comprising a nuclease that is activated by poxvirus infection and cleaves a specific tRNA molecule to inhibit protein synthesis.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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