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TWiV 1051: Like SARS-CoV-2 in the headlights
Episode 1051

TWiV 1051: Like SARS-CoV-2 in the headlights

This Week in Virology

October 8, 20231h 53m

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Show Notes

TWiV reviews the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their identification nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, and accelerated mutation of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Angela Mingarelli

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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