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TWiV 1313: Maybe they're all dementia vaccines
· 1 h 56 min · Episode 1313
Episode TWiV 1313: Maybe they're all dementia vaccines
TWiV reviews evidence that influenza standard and high-dose vaccines reduce risk of Alzheimer’s dementia, and spread of deltaviruses by a viral Trojan horse mechanism.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
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• Support science education at MicrobeTV • Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) • Dennis O’Callaghan passes (Wikipedia, LSU) • Reduced dementia risk after influenza vaccine (Neurology) • Deltaviruses spread via Trojan Horse (Cell) • Letters read on TWiV 1313 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Links in the notes 16
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello
- https://ufrfprofessors.research.ufl.edu/condit-richard/
- 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_J._O%27Callaghan
- https://www.lsuhs.edu/departments/school-of-graduate-studies/microbiology-and-immunology/dennis-ocallaghan#:~:text=President%20Kevin%20Flood-,Dr.,the%20American%20Society%20for%20Microbiology.
- https://www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000214782
- https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674%2826%2900165-0?rss=yes
- https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1313-letters/
- https://ramseylab.vercel.app/
- https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260406.html
- https://www.science.org/content/article/japan-warms-cherry-blossom-displays-are-fading
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fabric_of_the_Cosmos
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csxCA49a_go
- https://www.theguardian.com/science/ng-interactive/2026/mar/31/this-feels-fragile-how-a-satellite-smashing-chain-reaction-could-spiral-out-of-control
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