Virology
TWiV 666: A far-UVC light bulb went off for David Brenner
By Vincent Racaniello
David Brenner joins TWiV to explain how far-UVC lights could provide protection from SARS-CoV-2 and other airborne viruses in public places, solutions to face mask fogging, transmission during airplane flights, and listener questions. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 666 (78 MB .mp3, 129 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show notes at ...
TWiV 665: This half-week in coronavirology
By Vincent Racaniello
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong, structure of virion glycoprotein of a commmon cold coronavirus reveals changes driven by prolonged circulation in humans, and listener email. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 665 (106 MB .mp3, 177 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Show ...
Superspreaders of SARS-CoV-2
By Vincent Racaniello
A super spreader is an individual who is more likely to infect others compared with a typical patient (pictured). An example is the doctor who treated early SARS-CoV patients in China, traveled to a hotel in Hong Kong, and infected 10 others who then went on bring the virus to ...
TWiV 664: TWiV is for the dogs
By Vincent Racaniello
On this mid-week edition, does it matter that SARS-CoV-2 is mutating, seasonal coronavirus immunity is short-lived, another bogus claim that the virus was produced in a laboratory (it came from Nature), and answers to listener questions. Click arrow to playDownload TWiV 664 (73 MB .mp3, 122 min)Subscribe (free): iTunes, Google Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! ...
The AstraZeneca/Oxford University Phase 3 COVID-19 Vaccine Trial €“ Why Was It Paused?
By Vincent Racaniello
by Helen Stillwell Recently, a Phase 3 trial investigating a COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) being developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford was put on hold in the US following a report of an adverse event in a study participant in the U.K. (Feuerstein 2020). One of the predominant vaccine ...