TWiV reviews RFK Jr’s demand to revoke polio vaccine, Wuhan lab samples do not include close relatives to SARS-CoV-2, using artificial intelligence to discover the RNA virosphere, and biomarkers that discriminate early and late phases of respiratory virus infections from a SARS-CoV-2 human challenge study.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Angela Mingarelli
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- RFK Jr lawyer wants revocation of polio vaccine (CNN)
- Wuhan lab has no samples close to SARS-CoV-2 (Nature)
- Using AI to discover RNA virosphere (Cell)
- SARS-CoV-2 human challenge reveals biomarkers (Nat Comm)
- Does this challenge study pass the smell test? (TWiV 863)
- Letters read on TWiV 1179
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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