TWiV 708: Alpaca llama full of nanobodies

The TWiVy team deconstructs CoronaVac, the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech, and production of multivalent camelid nanobodies that block infection with the virus and suppress selection of neturalization-resistant variants.

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

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Links for this episode

• David Kessler to head Operation Warp Speed (NY Times)
• Phase 1/2 results of Sinovac inactivated vaccine (Lancet)
• beta-propiolactone (Wikipedia)
• Multivalent anti-SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 708
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees