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TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b
· 1 h 45 min · Episode 1279
Episode TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b
TWiV reviews considerations and perspectives on phage therapy, and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of hepatitis b virus.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Immune 100 live at the Incubator • ASV 2026 • WHO global expert committee: no link between vaccines and autism (News-Medical) • Considerations on phage therapy (Nat Comm) • What is TATFAR? (CDC) • History of phage therapy (one, two) JAMA • Viruses that (can) make you well (TWiV 1153) • The InVinceable TWiV (TWiV 145) • Blumberg Nobel Lecture 1976 • Particles associated with Australia antigen in patients (Nature) • HBV vaccination remains vital for saving lives (Hep B Foundation) • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 20
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immune-100-live-in-nyc-tickets-1797664816859?aff=oddtdtcreator
- https://asv.memberclicks.net/
- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20251212/WHO-global-expert-committee-finds-no-causal-link-exists-between-vaccines-and-autism.aspx
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64608-3
- https://www.cdc.gov/tatfar/php/about/index.html
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/255890
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/248699
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1153/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-145-the-invinceable-twiv/
- https://www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/blumberg-lecture.pdf
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4231935/
- https://www.hepb.org/news-and-events/news-2/hepatitis-b-foundation-reaffirms-that-hepatitis-b-vaccination-remains-vital-for-infant-health/
- https://ufhealth.org/news/2025/scientists-cat-contributes-to-second-discovery-of-new-virus
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61wts9flz_8
- https://bookdown.org/taiawu/data_viz_course/
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