episode 667: Building a better virus trap
Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, review of the phase I and II trials of the Russian prime-boost vaccine, a mouse model that recapitulates age-dependent severe disease, and listener questions.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Guest: Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode
- Safety and immunogenicity of Russian COVID-19 vaccine (Lancet)
- 'Questionable' data in Russian vaccine results (Nature)
- Mouse model for SARS-CoV-2 ALI and mortality (Cell)
- Letters read on TWiV 667
- Letters to Humans
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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