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TWiV 207: Silk sheets and viral infidelity

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Matt Frieman, and Kathy Spindler

Vincent, Alan, Matt, and Kathy review the use of silk to stabilize antibiotics and a viral vaccine, and an impaired-fidelity vaccine against SARS coronavirus.

Right-click to download TWiV 207 (76 MB .mp3, 106 minutes).

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Links for this episode:

• Silk stabilization of antibiotics and vaccines (PNAS)
• Impaired-fidelity coronavirus vaccine (Nature Medicine)
• Select agent status and SARS therapies (Spoonful of Medicine)
• Letters read on TWiV 207

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