This Week in Virology

Vincent Racaniello

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

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#1361
Yesterday · 1 hr 46 min
TWiV 1351: Ancient Viral Sword and Shield
TWiV explains discovery of a previously unknown mechanism of RNA-guided DNA recognition for genetic control that possibly predates the emergence of CRISPR pathways, and the possibility that Alzheimer’s Disease neuropathology evolved as a...
#1360
Saturday · 1 hr
TWiV 1360: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello frustration continues over the increasing number of measles infections, Kennedy’s undermining of vaccines, perpetuation of autism- vaccine, autism-tylenol myths, an outbreak of...
#1359
September 20 · 1 hr 10 min
TWiV 1359: SSPE, the Long Shadow of Measles
Roberto Cattaneo and Kalpana Yadav join TWiV at the 2026 meeting of the American Society for Virology to discuss how the absence of measles virus receptors in the brain selects for hyperfusogenic variants that spread neuron-to-neuron and cause...
#1358
September 19 · 53 min
TWiV 1358: Clinical Update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are angered by the continuous reporting of measles deaths in the US and around the world, the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, changes in reporting of virus infection and vaccine...
#1357
September 13 · 1 hr 44 min
TWiV 1357: Furin, Naturally with Paul Bieinasz
Paul Bieniasz joins TWiV to discuss his lab’s discovery that the coronavirus nuclease NSP15 cuts viral RNA into oligonucleotides that are reinserted elsewhere in the viral RNA, generating insertion mutations at a frequency above 10⁻³ per genome,...
#1356
September 12 · 47 min
TWiV 1356: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello delve into dengue virus infections in Florida, recent human rabies infections in the US, proposed changes in biomedical funding including “converting” the Department of War into...
#1355
September 6 · 1 hr 38 min
TWiV 1355: Four billion years of AI training data
TWiV reviews a landmark paper reporting the first generative design of complete viral genomes using AI, producing 16 viable bacteriophages that overcame antibiotic-resistant bacteria where natural phages could not, and a study suggesting that...
#1354
September 5 · 1 hr 5 min
TWiV 1354: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello remember Dolly Parton and her patronage of science, especially development of the COVID-19 vaccines, if the shingles vaccine protect against cardiovascular events as well as...
#1353
August 30 · 1 hr 52 min
TWiV 1353: Phage bet-hedging and EBV antibodies
TWiV explores how bacteriophages enable bet-hedge against bacterial immune defenses, and how transgenic mice engineered to produce human antibodies yielded potent anti-EBV candidates targeting gp350 and gp42, a promising step toward Epstein-Barr...
#1352
August 29 · 48 min
TWiV 1352: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are disheartened by the suggested change in federal vaccine recommendations, how Florida rolled back 4 childhood vaccine school requirements, results from a clinical trial suggesting...
#1351
August 23 · 1 hr 40 min
TWiV 1351: Ebola Virus Brains and Contagious Catfish Cancers
TWiV describes a human cerebral organoid model for Ebola virus persistence, and brown bullhead catfish melanoma, a novel transmissible cancer. Hosts: , , and Subscribe (free): , , Become a of TWiV! Links for...
#1350
August 22 · 1 hr
TWiV 1350: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are perplexed by the state of global public health as malaria, cholera and other infectious diseases are spread by civil warfare, the lack of manpower at the CDC to implement...
#1349
August 16 · 2 hr 2 min
TWiV 1349: Smallpox and mummies
TWiV explains how liquid–liquid phase separation and a phage-encoded inhibitor cooperatively drive transcriptional transition during phage SPO1 infection, and the first smallpox virus genomes from an early outbreak in South America. Hosts: ,...
#1348
August 15 · 54 min
TWiV 1348: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are troubled by the latest executive order changing routine childhood vaccine recommendations, the call for nominations to join the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices,...
#1347
August 9 · 1 hr 47 min
TWiV 1347: No Short Answers for Long COVID
TWiV explains research showing that Long COVID is associated with reactivation of numerous chronic viruses, including herpesviruses and anelloviruses, and with the production of autoantibodies that target neurological tissues. Hosts: , ,...
#1346
August 8 · 54 min
TWiV 1346: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello are distressed by Erica Schwartz’ confirmation as CDC director, the GAO proposed pandemic preparedness plans, the national cyclospora outbreak and resulting two deaths, new...
#1345
August 2 · 1 hr 18 min
TWiV 1345: Rocky Mountain Virology High
TWiV travels to Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, where he speaks with Angela Bosco-Lauth, Rebekah Kading, and Mark Stenglein about their careers and their virology research. Host: Guests: , , and Subscribe (free):...
#1344
August 1 · 48 min
TWiV 1344: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello discuss the numerous attempts by states to roll back vaccine laws, the recent surge of Dengue virus cases in Sri Lanka, the national cyclospora outbreak, new screwworm and...
#1343
July 26 · 1 hr 42 min
TWiV 1343: Batting averages and stolen bases
TWiV explains research which shows that Per os infectivity factors are essential for bracovirus infection and wasp parasitism, and that periodic shifts in viral load increase risk of Hendra virus spillover from Pteropus bats....
#1342
July 25 · 39 min
TWiV 1342: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin
In his weekly clinical update, Daniel Griffin and Vincent Racaniello explore the source/not source of the national cyclospora outbreak, trust in the FDA to correctly identify the source, new screwworm, Legionnaires and cyclosporasis cases, the Ebola...

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