TWiV 1263: Dementia vaccine?

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2025

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

TWiV reviews continuing US measles outbreak, host and genetic variations that regulate antibody responses to hepatitis C virus, and varicella-zoster reactivation and the risk of dementia. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, 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 Mass firings at CDC (Time) Measles cases continue to climb in US (NPR) Immune 100 at The Incubator (Eventbrite) Viral and host variations modulate antibody responses against HCV (Cell Rep) VZV reactivation and risk of dementia (Nature Med) Taking a shot at dementia (TWiV 1207) Demented and crass (TWiV 1249) Letters read on TWiV 1263 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Angela – ‘Am I redundant?’: how AI changed my career in bioinformatics Brianne – OpenSpace and their YouTube Channel Alan – Coral City Camera – live view of a reef in Biscayne Bay, FL (and NPR story on it). Vincent – Neck pain relief exercises with Dr. Adam Fields Listener Pick Greg – AI: What could go wrong? and An AI System With Detailed Diagnostic Reasoning Makes Its Case 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.
0:10.4	From MicrobTV, this is Twiv. This week in Virology, episode 1263, recorded on October 15th, 2025.
0:22.9	I guess it's the Iads today, the aides of October.
0:26.0	Is there such a thing?
0:28.1	This is the Iids of March.
0:29.6	I'm Vincent Rackeniello, and you're listening to the podcast, all about viruses.
0:33.6	Everyone is really good.
0:34.9	They're not answering me because they know they have to be introduced first.
0:40.4	What did I say?
0:41.4	I've forgotten what I said because I'm just talking.
0:44.4	I'm Vincent Rackinello and you're listening to the podcast.
0:47.0	All About Viruses joining me today from Madison, New Jersey.
0:50.6	Brianne Barker.
0:51.8	Hi.
0:52.5	It's great to be here.
0:53.5	It is 68 degrees Fahrenheit and a nice sunny day here in Madison on October 15th, which
0:59.9	I have never before heard called the Iids of October, but you know what?
1:03.5	I'll go with it.
1:04.9	Just know the Iads of March of the 15th, right?
1:07.7	But maybe it's not.
1:09.4	It's 20C here, partly cloudy, although it looks like the sun's going to come out at 3 p.m.
1:16.9	Here on the thing.
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