TWiV 1187: The tau of herpesvirus

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

Vincent, Microbe, Medicine, Microbiology, Racaniello, Infection, Virus, Virology, Pathogen, Infectious, Twiv, Science & Medicine

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🗓️ 26 January 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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TWiV explains a new blood test for head and neck cancer, Japanese regulators approve tecovirimat for mpox, an entry receptor for enterovirus D68, and anti-herpetic tau preserves neurons via a DNA sensing pathway in Alzheimer’s disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, Brianne Barker, 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 Entry receptor for EV-D68 (Cell Host Microbe) Anti-herpetic tau preserves neurons in Alzheimers (Cell Rep) Letters read on TWiV 1187 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – Good genes are nice, but joy is better Brianne – Beaker Hair Clip Kathy – Pareidolia explained by street artist David Zinn TEDx talk Also visit zinnart.com Alan – Screwworm is coming back in the Americas Vincent – Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Was Nice to Someone During a Debate. That Doesn’t Erase the Consequences of His Misinformation Listener Picks Sarah – The Extremophile Campaign: In Your Home (ECIYH) citizen science Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected] Content in this podcast should not be construed as medical advice.

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0:00.0	This Week in Virology, the podcast about viruses, the kind that make you sick.
0:10.1	From MicrobTV, this is Twiv, this week in Virology, episode 1187, recorded on January 17, 2025.
0:23.7	I'm Vincent Rackeniello.
0:25.4	You're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:29.0	Today, it is positively balmy.
0:32.1	It's like Miami here in New York.
0:34.2	It's five degrees Celsius.
0:36.3	It's actually above freezing. Also joining me from
0:40.2	Madison, New Jersey, Breanne Barker. Oh, hi. It's great to be here. And compared to Vinza,
0:46.3	it's so very chilly because it's four degrees Celsius here. But we're going to go into the negative
0:52.3	next week. I know. Compared to the next couple of days, that's lovely. Yeah, it actually feels warm today. Oh, my gosh. Also joining us from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Kathy Spindler. Hi, everybody. Here. It's 37 Fahrenheit, which is 2.8C. And it feels like 23 Fahrenheit, which means it feels like it's minus 5C.
1:17.2	We actually got a dusting of snow. Did you get some snow there?
1:20.2	We did. It sort of looked like the ground had a sugar coating on it.
1:23.2	Yeah. You can't even measure it, but it was pretty.
1:27.1	So joining us from Montreal, Canada, Angela Mingarelli.
1:32.6	Hello, everyone.
1:33.8	Here, it's the coldest.
1:34.9	It's minus four C.
1:36.7	So I think that's like 28 Fahrenheit.
1:39.4	And yes, by next Tuesday, it'll be minus 24C.
1:43.6	So that's like what?
1:44.7	Minus 10 or 15 Fahrenheit.
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