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TWiV 1299: Moth balls and blood clots
· 1 h 46 min · Episode 1299
Episode TWiV 1299: Moth balls and blood clots
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.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) • US repeals environmental endangerment finding (Nature) • Environmental groups sue EPA (Guardian) • NIAID to drop pandemic preparedness and biodefense (Nature) • FDA backpedals on Moderna mRNA rejection (npr) • Mechanism of VITT (NEJM) • Parasitc castration by a wasp virus protein (PNAS) • Polydnaviruses (PloS Path) • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 18
- 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.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00455-6
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/18/trump-epa-environment-climate-lawsuit
- https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00468-1
- https://www.npr.org/2026/02/18/nx-s1-5718116/fda-moderna-mrna-flu-shot
- https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2514824
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2524949123
- https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1002757
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02060-x
- https://www.amazon.com/Great-Bridge-Story-Building-Brooklyn/dp/067145711X
- https://www.amazon.com/Recipes-American-South-Michael-Twitty/dp/1837290873
- https://youtu.be/dWiW0SiU664?si=HdWX2iBUNyofWcyM
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