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Published: Nov. 19, 2012, 1:14 a.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Matt Frieman, and\xa0Kathy Spindler

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Vincent, Alan, Matt, and Kathy review the use of silk to stabilize antibiotics and a viral vaccine, and an impaired-fidelity vaccine against SARS coronavirus.

\nLinks for this episode:\n

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• Silk stabilization\xa0of antibiotics and vaccines (PNAS)
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• Impaired-fidelity\xa0coronavirus vaccine (Nature Medicine)
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• Select agent status\xa0and SARS therapies (Spoonful of Medicine)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 207
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Alan -\xa0Similarities of wave behavior\xa0(YouTube)
Kathy -\xa0The glass transition
Vincent\xa0- US cattle country in uproar at\xa0virus lab plans\xa0(BBC)

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Ricardo\xa0-\xa0Blackawton bees\xa0and\xa0Science is for everyone\xa0(TED)
Tony\xa0-\xa0Biophilia\xa0by Bjork

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