TWiV 890: Looking into a booster crystal ball
Apr 17, 2022•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 890
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Episode description
This episode of TWiV is focused on COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies: who should get boosters, whether a variant matched mRNA vaccine is superior to a historical vaccine, and how the interval between vaccination and infection influences the quality of the antibody response.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- What next for COVID-19 boosters? (NEJM)
- Boosting with historical or variant mRNA vaccines (Cell)
- Vaccination-infection interval determines antibody breadth (Cell Med)
- Letters read on TWiV 890
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Webb Telescope's coldest instrument reaches operating temperature Brianne – Video of a CTL killing a tumor cell Rich – Our Unfinished Pandemic (On the Media Podcast) Vincent – Lý Thị Ca
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv
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