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TWiV is a weekly netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick. Brought to you by four university professors and a science writer.
Vincent Racaniello hosts This Week in Virology, a science show with 1,000 episodes published.
Vincent speaks with Karen Torghele about her recently published biography of polio vaccine pioneer Albert Sabin, the first ever written. Host: Vincent Racaniello Guest: Karen Torghele Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts , R
TWiV explains research showing how temperate phages enhance bacterial host fitness via RNA-guided flagellar remodelling, and that IgA antibody is necessary and sufficient to prevent norovirus infection in mice. Hosts: Vi
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the global economic burden of infectious disease, restoring trust in vaccinology, the Legionnaires outbreak in Harlem, new screwworm cases, the
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the global economic burden of infectious disease, restoring trust in vaccinology, the Legionnaires outbreak in Harlem, new screwworm cases, the
TWiV explains research showing how HIV-1 signalling remodels nuclear pores to licence infection, and development of STING agonist nanoparticles to enable coordinated mucosal-systemic immunity for durable pan-β-coronaviru
Vincent travels to ASM Microbe in Washington DC to speak with John Dye of the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases about the recent outbreaks of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in Africa and Andes v
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello express concern about vaccine policy and ACIP, scaling back of the CDC's role in global public health, shingles vaccine and dementia, new screwworm cas
TWiV explains research showing that dairy cows are infected with low doses of influenza A(H5N1) and do not transmit efficiently to other animals, and covalent inhibitors of human papillomavirus type 16 E6 protein that re
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello opine on the recent executive order on the routine childhood vaccination schedule, the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda including the fast track
TWiV explains research showing limited transmission of cervid prions to nonhuman primates, and the finding that cone-shaped HIV-1 capsids are transported through intact nuclear pores. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello , Alan Dov
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello opine on the recent executive order on the routine childhood vaccination schedule, the Ebola outbreak in the Congo and Uganda including the fast track
TWiV explains research on human influenza virus transmission that reveals heterogeneous expulsion of infectious virus into air, and how gut bacteriophages dictate inflammation heterogeneity through tuning the phage-bacte
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello comment on incidences of locally transmitted malaria in the US, mpox diagnostics, the latest developments surrounding hantavirus infections, and the Eb
Vincent travels to Oregon State University in Corvallis to meet up with Hannah Rowe to talk about her career and her work demonstrating how the interaction of influenza A virus and Streptococcus pneumonia influences tran
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss withdrawal of the ACIP charter published in April 2026, the first council meeting on antibiotic resistant bacteria, the latest developments sur
TWiV explains mRNA delivery of mosaic-8 pan-sarbecovirus RBD vaccines, and how toll-like receptor 7 alters the maternal immune landscape during influenza A infection to increase maternal and fetal morbidity, Hosts: Vince
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello reviewed the latest developments surrounding the hantavirus outbreak, including new interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Preventio
TWiV explains how cross-reactive anti-prophage antibodies and bacterial heteroresistance is implicated in phage therapeutic failure, and how phages communicate across species to shape microbial ecosystems. Hosts: Vincent
In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the outbreak of Hantavirus on a cruise ship and its potential for person-person transmission, how cessation of funding for global health by the Tr
TWiV explains the emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains from the novel oral polio vaccine in the Central African Republic, and the infection of spiral ganglion neurons in the inner ear by SARS-CoV-2, which may
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This Week in Virology is hosted by Vincent Racaniello. The show is categorised under science (life) and has published 1,000 episodes.
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