TWiV 809: Vampire vax
TWiV reveals isolation from bats in Laos of a SARS-CoV-2 like virus with a spike protein that allows entry into human cells, and exploration of a herpesvirus vector for immunization of vampire bats against rabies virus.
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit and Amy Rosenfeld
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Links for this episode- SARS-CoV-2 like viruses from Laotian bats (Res Sq)
- Herpesvirus in rabies endemic vampire bats (Nat Comm)
- Letters read on TWiV 809
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson \u2013 \xa0George Carlin: \u201cStuff\u201d
Amy \u2013 The best of me by David Sedaris
Rich \u2013 You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think)
Alan \u2013 Nuclear powered Gameboy
Vincent \u2013 No, Vaccinated People Are Not \u2018Just as Likely\u2019 to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People by Craig Spencer
Michael \u2013 The tangled history mRNA vaccines
Fernando \u2013 1493 by Charles Mann
Intro music is by\xa0Ronald Jenkees
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