TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b

This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 105 minutes

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TWiV reviews considerations and perspectives on phage therapy, and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of hepatitis b virus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Immune 100 live at the Incubator ASV 2026 WHO global expert committee: no link between vaccines and autism (News-Medical) Considerations on phage therapy (Nat Comm) What is TATFAR? (CDC) History of phage therapy (one, two) JAMA Viruses that (can) make you well (TWiV 1153) The InVinceable TWiV (TWiV 145) Blumberg Nobel Lecture 1976 Particles associated with Australia antigen in patients (Nature) HBV vaccination remains vital for saving lives (Hep B Foundation) Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Rich – Scientist’s cat, again, helps discover new virus Alan – Wormtalk video on politicization of screwworm spread Jolene – Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis Vincent – Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7 Listener Picks David – Astronomy Picture of the Day Eric – Jesse Welles (United Health) 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 1279, recorded on December 12th, 2025.
0:22.6	I'm Vincent Rackeniello.
0:24.5	And you're listening to the podcast All About Viruses.
0:28.1	Joining me today from Western Massachusetts, Alan Dove.
0:31.9	Good to be here.
0:33.1	And out here in Western Mass, it's cloudy and breezy and chilly. It's 34 Fahrenheit 1C, but just feels
0:41.6	kind of raw. Here in Chelsea, it's 3 degrees Celsius and looks like pretty sunny. It's still cold,
0:52.3	also joining us from College Station, Texas. Jolene Ramsey.
0:57.4	Howdy.
0:58.2	And hello there.
0:59.0	It's overcast here, 68 degrees Fahrenheit and 20 degrees Celsius, but I still feel cold.
1:08.7	But why is that?
1:11.0	Because she's a Texan and can't handle temperatures under 70.
1:14.7	Too much air conditioning in your office?
1:17.2	I'm sensitive to the cold.
1:19.6	Yeah, well, I am too.
1:21.4	That's why I always wear thermal turtlenecks now in the winter.
1:26.8	People say, oh, what do you think you're Steve Jobs?
1:29.2	No, I'm cold.
1:31.2	And these are really, these are Uni-Clo.
1:34.2	They're very, those are good.
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