TWiV 1353: Phage bet-hedging and EBV antibodies

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TWiV explores how bacteriophages enable bet-hedge against bacterial immune defenses, and how transgenic mice engineered to produce human antibodies yielded potent anti-EBV candidates targeting gp350 and gp42, a promising step toward Epstein-Barr therapeutics. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode • Support science education at MicrobeTV • Dolly Parton, and advocate for science (Nature) • Phage bet-hedging (Nat Micro) • EBV monoclonal antibodies (Cell Rep Med) • Letters read on TWiV 1353 • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Picks of the Week Brianne – Did life on Earth emerge once or twice? Rich – Cassini Approaches Saturn (Wiki on Cassini) Jolene – Dolly Parton’s rewrite of Jolene song for vaccines on CBS news (Youtube) Vincent – Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Listener Pick John – Dolly Parton Sings Vaccine, Vaccine Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to twiv@microbe.tv Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.