TWiV 779: Evolving boosterism
Jul 11, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 779
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Episode description
TWiV reviews evidence that COVID-19 mRNA vaccination of both uninfected and previously infected persons elicits cross-variant neutralizing antibodies, and directed evolution of a bacterial protein to form a virus-like capsid that specifically packages its encoding mRNA.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- mRNA vaccine boosts cross-variant neutralizing Ab (Science)
- mRNA vaccine boosts variant B and T cell responses (Science)
- Directed evolution of virus-like nucleocapsid (Science)
- Letters read on TWiV 779
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Brianne – The Science of Chocolate Chip Cookies
Alan – Keeping Black students in STEM
Vincent – Antiviral Program for Pandemics
Mark – Curator on the Loose, Classic Airliners and Vintage Pop Culture, Flying Men, Flying Machines, Thai Flying Club
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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