TWiV 1035: Poxvirus wars, warp speed COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Rich Condit,\xa0Alan Dove, and\xa0Brianne Barker
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- Impact of COVID-19\xa0vaccination trends\xa0(Sci Adv)
- Poxvirus-activated\xa0anticodon nuclease\xa0(Sci Adv)
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