Vincent Racaniello
Vincent Racaniello
Vincent Racaniello
Vincent Racaniello

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This Week in Virology is a netcast about viruses - the kind that make you sick.

  • TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott
    Infectious diseases physician Jake Scott returns to TWiV to discuss the dangerous anti-vaccine policies being established in the US and what RFK Jr. and his associates get wrong. Hosts: , , and Angela Mingarelli Guest: Subscribe...
  • TWiV 1276: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the positive side effect of the shingles vaccine on dementia outcomes and how one dose of the HPV vaccine is non-inferior to two doses, but are dismayed about the FDA’s...
  • TWiV 1275: An amazing sequence and a gutsy therapy
    TWiV explains the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of pre-mRNA splicing, and engineering bacteriophage to deliver proteins to the human intestine. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for...
  • TWiV 1274: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and then decry appointment of the Louisiana State surgeon general as deputy chief of the CDC, the 3 children’s deaths during this fall’s pertussis...
  • TWiV 1273: EBV and lupus have not escaped our notice
    TWiV explains the 1953 paper by Watson & Crick proposing a structure for DNA, and the role of Epstein-Barr virus in triggering the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , ...
  • TWiV 1272: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are dismayed by the changes on CDC vaccine website positively stating the link between autism and vaccination, the finding of wild type poliovirus 1 in Germany, Marburg virus in...
  • TWiV 1271: Hokies go viral II
    Vincent visits Virginia Tech for the CeZAP Symposium and speaks with XJ Meng and Kylene Kehn-Hall about their research on hepatitis E virus and Rift Valley fever virus. Host: Guests: and Subscribe (free): , , ...
  • TWiV 1270: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello record from the ASTMH meeting in Toronto and discuss continuing avian flu outbreaks, the continued global measles outbreak, the effectiveness of high and low doses of the influenza...
  • TWiV 1269: The smell of influenza in the morning
    TWiV reviews the passing of James D. Watson, the research that showed human papillomaviruses to be present in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers, and influenza virus infection, shedding and symptoms in a human challenge...
  • TWiV 1268: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses the link between in utero SARS-CoV-2 infection and poor neurodevelopment outcomes, the use of an mRNA vaccine as an anti-cancer therapy, why one should receive the HPV...
  • TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment
    TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating with Gardasil-9 adult women who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions, and human monoclonal antibodies that target the monkeypox virus A35 protein which protect...
  • TWiV 1266: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin and Vincent Racaniello ponder the nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General by President Trump, how mRNA vaccines may enhance effectiveness of check point inhibitor cancer therapies, if viral infection...
  • TWiV 1265: mRNA vaccines make cancer treatment great again
    TWiV explains studies showing that SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines improve life span of cancer patients on checkpoint immunotherapy, and broad immunity conferred by a vaccine central in A(H5) influenza antigenic space. Hosts: , , , and ...
  • TWiV 1264: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are distressed by the continuing government shutdown, first locally acquired chikungunya virus infection, President Trump’s suggestion for removing aluminum from vaccines, H5N1...
  • TWiV 1263: Dementia vaccine?
    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: , , , and Angela Mingarelli Subscribe...
  • TWiV 1262: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello are dismayed by the government shutdown, the firings at the CDC including EIS agents, H5N1 isolation from backyard birds and its stability in raw milk and cheese, before Dr. Griffin...
  • TWiV 1261: Must-see TVs
    TWiV covers a MacArthur Award for Jason McLellan, 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, first treatment for Huntington’s Disease, structure of an archael dsDNA virus from head to tail, and discovery of a Legionella phage that explains a...
  • TWiV 1260: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about Jane Goodall’s death and the Nobel prize in Physiology/Medicine for understanding immune system control before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles...
  • TWiV 1259: Capricious flu and a tickborne clue
    TWiV reviews experiments to understand infection, pathogenesis, and transmission of avian H5N1 influenza virus in goats, and identification of a cellular receptor for tick-borne encephalitis virus. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free):...
  • TWiV 1258: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
    In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello chat about the ongoing Ebola outbreak in DRC, increases in screwworm diagnoses, a pertussis death in Mississippi before Dr. Griffin deep dives into recent statistics on the measles...