episode 708: Alpaca llama full of nanobodies
The TWiVy team deconstructs CoronaVac, the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech, and production of multivalent camelid nanobodies that block infection with the virus and suppress selection of neturalization-resistant variants.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker
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Links for this episode- David Kessler to head Operation Warp Speed (NY Times)
- Phase 1/2 results of Sinovac inactivated vaccine (Lancet)
- beta-propiolactone (Wikipedia)
- Multivalent anti-SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies (Science)
- Letters read on TWiV 708
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Photos of mob attacking Capitol
Brianne – Video of Neutrophil Phagocytosis
Alan – Fishing Through the Apocalypse
Rich – A Word on Statistics by Wislawa Szymborska
Vincent – Letters from an American
Mike – Have the new jab
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees