TWiV 667: Building a better virus trap

Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, review of the phase I and II trials of the Russian prime-boost vaccine, a mouse model that recapitulates age-dependent severe disease, and listener questions.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Guest: Daniel Griffin

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Links for this episode

• Safety and immunogenicity of Russian COVID-19 vaccine (Lancet)
• 'Questionable' data in Russian vaccine results (Nature)
• Mouse model for SARS-CoV-2 ALI and mortality (Cell)
• Letters read on TWiV 667
• Letters to Humans
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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