TWiV 1179: Dark matter and warning signs

This Week in Virology

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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