TWiV 1179: Dark matter and warning signs

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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🗓️ 29 December 2024

⏱️ 108 minutes

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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 Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2025 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! Weekly Picks Angela – Science’s 2024 breakthrough of the year, Lenacapavir “the long shot”. NEJM papers with Lenacapavir trials: one and two. Kathy – Bach Toccatta and Fugue on floor piano Rich – Never Cry Wolf Vincent – Common Raven and American Crow Listener Pick Jaan – Meute (one, two, three) Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]

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1:04.4	podcast all about viruses joining me today from austin Texas, Rich Condit.
1:11.3	Ooh, I'm first in the queue. This is exciting.
1:15.6	Hi, everybody. It's 66 degrees and sunny, obviously, Tinkerbell is out. And we're looking at
1:26.4	39 overnight, so we're getting at 39 overnight.
1:28.8	So we're getting towards winter.
1:31.2	Though I must say we're late for the average first freeze in Austin is December 1st.
1:37.4	So we're well past that experiencing once again the effects of anthropogenic climate change.
1:45.5	Here we are.
1:48.1	It's 3 degrees C here and it's raining.
1:52.1	It's supposed to snow later, but nothing ever sticks.
1:57.4	Tomorrow it's supposed to be minus 7 with a 50% chance of snow.
2:01.7	Also joining us from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kathy Spindler.
2:05.5	Hi, everybody.
2:06.2	Here it's 34 Fahrenheit.
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