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TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines
· 1 h 46 min · Episode 1309
Episode TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines
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.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) • J. Michael Bishop passes (NY Times) • Vincent interviews JM Bishop (YouTube) • David Botstein passes (NY Times) • Post-attachment neutralization of HPV (npj vaccines) • HPV vaccine blocks infection (Cancer Discov) • Respiratory viral infections prime lung cancer growth (Cell) • Respiratory virus infections awaken metastatic breast cancer (TWiV 1243 ) • SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumors to immunotherapy (TWiV 1265) • Letters read on TWiV 1309 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 20
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://ufrfprofessors.research.ufl.edu/condit-richard/
- https://bbarkerdrew.com/
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/RosenfeldA@mlhs.org
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/obituaries/j-michael-bishop-dead.html#:~:text=Dr.%20J.%20Michael%20Bishop%2C,He%20was%2090.
- https://youtu.be/frbMV-YGgQU?si=JDlT_sBiRM3MBz1s
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/science/david-botstein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WVA.tAt4.Q5JjbyQs_wGF&smid=url-share
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-025-01286-8
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22586631/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41819102/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09332-0
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1243/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1265/
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1309-letters/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.decodingeverything.com/project-hail-mary-movie-review/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2026/03/26/janitor-yale-medical-school-doctor/?itid=sr_0_0ab6d2ed-c968-464a-bf9f-db4057aac669
- https://www.science.org/content/article/scientific-conferences-can-be-bore-can-jokes-liven-them
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