TWiV 1207: Taking a shot at dementia

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 106 minutes

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TWiV notes the passing of Klaus Conzelmann, then reviews reverse-zoonoses of 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza A viruses and evolution in United States swine, and reduction in dementia incidence in recipients of Zostavax. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV ASV 2025 Reverse zoonoses of 2009 H1N1 in US swine (PLoS Path) Zostavax reduces dementia (Nature) Letters read on TWiV 1207 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Rich – Certain Roller Coasters May Help Small Kidney Stones Pass Alan – Analog and Asimov’s science fiction magazines Vincent – Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond Listener Pick Charles – Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)

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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 1207 recorded on April 4th, 2025.
0:22.2	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:27.6	Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:31.5	Good to be here.
0:33.0	And it's a beautiful early spring day here in Western Mass at 65 Fahrenheit 18C.
0:39.1	Got a few clouds in the sky, and it's a little breezy, but generally wonderful weather.
0:44.2	Do anyone see in cloudy here in Chelsea?
0:48.6	Also joining us from Austin, Texas, Rich Condett.
0:51.6	Hi, everybody.
0:53.6	We've got 85 degrees and, well, kind of high overcast.
1:02.5	A diffuse Dixon is over in the corner there, over my left shoulder.
1:08.4	Diffuse Dixon.
1:09.4	Yeah, and they're talking about rain, but it'll show up tonight,. Yeah. And, uh,
1:11.2	you're talking about rain,
1:12.6	but it'll show up tonight,
1:14.0	I suppose.
1:14.7	We can use all the rain we can get.
1:17.0	There was a bunch of rain while I was gone last week,
1:20.4	uh,
1:20.7	that I missed.
1:21.5	That's good.
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