TWiV 819: How to stall a copy machine
TWiV explains how remdesivir inhibits the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase: the drug is incorporated into the growing RNA chain and causes synthesis to stall...
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TWiV 818: Thor's hammer
The TWiVers review phase 3 efficacy and safety results for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, effects on the neonatal immune system caused by maternal infe...
TWiV 817: COVID-19 clinical update #84 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #84, Dr. Griffin discusses childrens’ antibody response to vaccination, phase 3 results of Novavax vaccine, heterologous v...
TWiV 816: Long COVID and ME/CFS with David Tuller
David Tuller returns to TWiV to revisit his work to expose the methodological and ethical problems with the PACE trial, and the post-acute sequelae to...
TWiV 815: MIS-C with Moshe Arditi and Ivet Bahar
Moshe and Ivet join TWiV to discuss their finding that MIS-C is a consequence of a superantigen in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 that causes activat...
TWiV 814: COVID-19 clinical update #83 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #83, Daniel Griffin discusses upcoming FDA discussions on vaccines, strategies to prevent transmission at youth camps, out...
TWiV 813: COVID-19 at the European Society for Clinical Virology
From the 2021 online meeting of the European Society for Clinical Virology, Vincent speaks with meeting speakers on COVID-19 vaccines, immunity, how c...
TWiV 812: Bespoke capsids delivered
TWiV considers lessons learned from COVID-19 about emergency drug use during a pandemic, and selection of AAV capsids to produce vectors that efficien...
TWiV 811: COVID-19 clinical update #82 with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In COVID-19 clinical update #82, Daniel Griffin reviews vaccines for 5-12 years old, safety of a third vaccine dose, Oklahoma reinfection data, Regenc...
TWiV 810: Opening Pandora's box
TWiV reviews how a novel technology enabled development of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, and discovery of a proton gradient and an incomplete TCA cycle in a...