Ticks and Sandflies Suck!
Controlling vector-borne disease by vaccines that target pathogen transmission, and the impact of global warming on vector-borne disease.
Biological sex and influenza with Sabra Klein - MTM 73
Neglected Tropical Diseases and Vaccine Advocacy with Peter Hotez - MTM 71
Peter Hotez talks about neglected tropical diseases: what are they, where are they found, and where did the term “neglected tropical disease” come from, anyway?
Dark fermentation - TWiM 166
The reason for poor efficacy of one of the influenza virus vaccines, and using a hyperthermophilic anaerobe to produce hydrogen from fruit and vegetable wastes in seawater.
Saliva of the fittest - TWiV 458
An imported case of yellow fever in New York City, and how a dengue virus subgenomic RNA disrupts immunity in mosquito salivary glands to increase virus replication.
Congressional Briefing: Vaccines, Healthcare's First Line of Defense
Conjunction junction, what's your function? - TWiV 432
TWiV discusses Zika virus seroprevalence in wild monkeys, Zika virus mRNA vaccines, and a gamete fusion protein inherited from viruses.
A Weaver’s Tale: How Stitching Two Viruses Together May Combat One
A virus with Frankenstein-like symptoms. A virus that only infects insects. What could scientists accomplish by combining the two?
The Never-ending Vaccine Race
Veteran medical journalist Meredith Wadman discusses her new book The Vaccine Race and Dr. April Killikelly, a scientist at NIH's Vaccine Research Center, discusses the latest tools and technologies used to design tomorrow’s vaccines.