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TWiV 1367: Turning Off Hepatitis B Virus Without Cutting its DNA
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Episode TWiV 1367: Turning Off Hepatitis B Virus Without Cutting its DNA
TWiV explains a study which shows that influenza A virus infection induces immune dysregulation in the placenta and fetus without vertical transmission in nonhuman primates, and development of an epigenetic silencer therapy to transcriptionally inactivate viral DNA in chronic hepatitis B.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Helen Branswell, 69 (STAT) • Influenza A virus and fetal immune dysregulation (Sci Adv) • Epigenetic silencing for hepatitis B (Nat Biomed Eng) • Letters read on TWiV 1367 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 15
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/
- https://medschool.umich.edu/profile/879/katherine-spindler
- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065
- https://www.microbe.tv/contribute
- https://www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/helen-branswell-stat-reporter-obituary/
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aee9861
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-026-01802-8
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1361-letters/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/climate/coral-bleaching-healing-touch.html
- https://saturdaymorningphysics.org/
- https://myumi.ch/ykmrd
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Is_Tuberculosis
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20663770-death-by-black-hole
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