• TWiV 1179: Dark matter and warning signs

  • Dec 29 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 48 mins
  • Podcast

TWiV 1179: Dark matter and warning signs

  • Summary

  • TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s demand to revoke polio vaccine, Wuhan lab samples do not include close relatives to SARS-CoV-2, using artificial intelligence to discover the RNA virosphere, and biomarkers that discriminate early and late phases of respiratory virus infections from a SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study.

    Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli

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    Links for this episode
    • Support science education at MicrobeTV
    • ASV 2025
    • RFK Jr lawyer wants revocation of polio vaccine (CNN)
    • Wuhan lab has no samples close to SARS-CoV-2 (Nature)
    • Using AI to discover RNA virosphere (Cell)
    • SARS-CoV-2 human challenge reveals biomarkers (Nat Comm)
    • Does this challenge study pass the smell test? (TWiV 863)
    • Letters read on TWiV 1179
    • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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    Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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