This Week in Virology

This Week in Virology

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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.

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TWiV 1311: Jayhawks go viral

<p>Vincent visits the University of Kansas and speaks with Tony Fehr, Robin Orozco, Juergen Richt and Rob Unckless about their careers and the research ongoing in their laboratories.</p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Host: …

Apr 05, 2026 · 1h 32m
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TWiV 1310: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello cover if the "five-second" rule for things that fall on the floor apply to surgical equipment, an outbreak of E. …

Apr 04, 2026 · 40m
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TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines

<p>TWiV explains why human papillomavirus vaccine-induced immunity can block infection, unlike all other vaccines, and how respiratory viral infections such as COVID and influenza prime accelerated lung cancer growth.</p> <div …

Mar 29, 2026 · 1h 46m
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TWiV 1308: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello talk about the resignation of a member of the advisory committee for immunization practices and the irony of his rationale …

Mar 28, 2026 · 51m
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TWiV 1307: My heart breaks for flu

<p>TWiV reviews the structural basis for Rep-mediated adeno-associated virus DNA genome packaging, how influenza virus-infected myeloid cells travel to the heart and infect cardiomyocytes, leading to IFN-fueled heart damage.</p> <div …

Mar 22, 2026 · 1h 53m
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TWiV 1306: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello chat about death of water fowl on Long Island, 'renaming' of the FDA adverse event monitoring system, lawsuits against RFK …

Mar 21, 2026 · 43m
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TWiV 1305: Lab leak idea called on the carpet

<p>TWiV introduces sunshine virus of carpet pythons and its effect snakes after experimental infection, and development of a new tool to distinguish between naturally ocurring outbreaks and those that arise …

Mar 15, 2026 · 1h 48m
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TWiV 1304: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the global spread of the 'eradicated' poliovirus, the suggestion of RFK's autocratic ability to change vaccine policy and the …

Mar 14, 2026 · 51m
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TWiV 1303: Overachieving vaccines

<p>TWiV reviews an association between shingles vaccination and slower biological aging, and how mucosal immunization in mice provides protection against disease caused by diverse viruses and bacteria.</p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Hosts: <a …

Mar 08, 2026 · 1h 50m
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TWiV 1302: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello talk about the health misconceptions that RFK Jr continues to perpetuate and how to combat them, first cases of highly …

Mar 07, 2026 · 45m
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TWiV 1301: Lost in giant virus translation

<p>TWiV reviews lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus seroprevalence among urban pregnant women and newborns in Philadelphia, and a functional translation initiation complex encoded in the genome of giant viruses that drives synthesis …

Mar 01, 2026 · 2h 4m
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TWiV 1300: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss several states and the governor of Pennsylvania suing HHS over changes in the childhood vaccination schedule, the vaccine derived …

Feb 28, 2026 · 41m
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TWiV 1299: Moth balls and blood clots

<p>TWiV explains how vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia develops from antibodies to adenovirus and somatic hypermutation, and castration by a viral protein tyrosine phosphatase that targets a host cell cycle checkpoint protein.</p> …

Feb 22, 2026 · 1h 46m
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TWiV 1298: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss reversal of last week's no review decision on a flu mRNA vaccine by Vinjay Prasad, appointment of Jay Bhattacharya …

Feb 21, 2026 · 43m
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TWiV 1297: Spillover squirrel

<p>TWiV explains the observation that filamentous virions act as non-infectious interfering particles to modulate papillomavirus infection, and transmission of monkeypox virus from fire-footed rope squirrels to sooty mangabeys.</p> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper">Hosts: …

Feb 15, 2026 · 1h 48m
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TWiV 1296: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are shocked by recent events, including Dr. Oz's appeal for measles vaccination, Vinjay Prasad's unilateral rejection of Moderna's mRNA influenza …

Feb 14, 2026 · 47m
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TWiV 1295: Are YOU willing to take one for the team?

<p>TWiV reviews a survey conducted in Cambodia's floating villages to explore measles vaccination perceptions and willingness to consider novel vaccination approaches, and how a prophage defends against an infecting phage.</p> …

Feb 08, 2026 · 1h 50m
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TWiV 1294: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update during Ground hog week, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are back to discuss the measles outbreak in South Carolina, American Academy of Pediatrics vaccine recommendations …

Feb 07, 2026 · 57m
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TWiV 1293: The enemy of your parasite is your friend

<p>TWiV reviews the finding in Sweden that immunization against cervical cancer with human papillomavirus vaccine also protects the non-immunized, and methyl salicylic acid as a key volatile molecule that attracts …

Feb 01, 2026 · 1h 47m
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TWiV 1292: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss with disgust the decline and fall of American public health and the rise of "only me" when highlighting completion …

Jan 31, 2026 · 44m
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TWiV 1291: A foot in the door for cytomegalovirus

<p>TWiV explains emergence of a neurovirulent double recombinant from the 'improved' nOPV2 in Uganda, and efficiency of viral entry determined whether cells are latently or lytically infected with cytomegalovirus.</p> <div …

Jan 25, 2026 · 1h 58m
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TWiV 1290: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss screwworm, how the shingles vaccination slows biological aging (for all of you who want to reset 'the clock' and …

Jan 24, 2026 · 57m
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TWiV 1289: Building a better hepatitis B trap

<p>TWiV explains how the dengue virus protein NS1 alters Aedes aegypti midgut permeability and favors virus dissemination, and achieving a complete hepatitis B virus cure in chronic hepatitis B virus-infected …

Jan 18, 2026 · 1h 41m
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TWiV 1288: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin

<p>In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are bewildered and dismayed by RFK Jr's announced changes in the routine childhood immunization schedule, though not unpredicted, and highlight …

Jan 17, 2026 · 44m
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