TWiV 1245: Grabbing herpesvirus with both arms

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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TWiV reviews fradulent science becoming an industry, FDA may not authorize Pfizer COVID vaccine for young kids, Kennedy won’t push strict pesticide regulations conserved betacoronavirus sequences recognized by human T cells, and Bispecific antibodies protect against herpes recurrent disease. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Frontiers in Comparative Systems Virology Fradulent science becomes an industry (Science) FDA may not authorize Pfizer COVID vaccine for young kids (CIDRAP) Kennedy Won’t Push Strict Pesticide Regulations (NY Times) Conserved betacoronavirus sequences recognized by human T cells (Cell) Bispecific antibodies protect against herpes recurrent disease (Cell Rep) Letters read on TWiV 1245 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Brianne – New Study Suggests Using AI Made Doctors Less Skilled at Spotting Cancer Alan – Save the Microbes effort gets off the ground Vincent – Dr. Vinay Prasad’s Catch-22: The Only Way He Can Truly Succeed at His Job is to Get Fired Again Listener Picks Chaim – “Virus Hunters” by Greer Williams Bridget – Wave Life Sciences and their potential treatment for Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency 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.
0:10.3	From MicrobTV, this is Twiv. This Week in Virology, episode 1245, recorded on August 15th, 2025.
0:23.0	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:27.7	Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:32.3	Good to be here.
0:33.4	And here in Western Mass, it is the first non-scorching day of the week, and maybe the last.
0:39.7	It's 83 Fahrenheit, 28C, moderate humidity.
0:43.2	Very nice.
0:44.3	Just realize, Alan, you're all white now, aren't you?
0:47.7	Your hair.
0:49.6	Well, I was born that way.
0:51.4	Oh, your hair, your hair.
0:52.6	Oh, my, yes, yes.
1:12.0	I wouldn't say something like that. Your hair and your beard are all white, right? Yes, yeah, they've gone pretty much completely silver. How old are you, by the? Are you 50? I'm in my 50s. Yeah, that's not bad. I just read a really, let me introduce from Madison, New Jersey, Brian Barker.
1:18.7	Hi, great to be here. It is 87 Fahrenheit, 31C here. It's pretty warm.
1:23.8	On the humid side, though not the worst we've had this summer.
1:30.0	Let's see what it's here in Chelsea, 31C and sunny. Yeah, it's not bad. It's very nice weather. I like warm weather. Not like 100 weather as much, but I can tolerate it,
1:35.8	but it's no longer 100. I was just going to say, I read a really nice article in the
1:39.4	New Yorker. And it's about longevity research.
1:48.0	It's very good.
1:50.0	You know, all the billionaires in this country want to live forever.
1:54.0	It's really weird.
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