TWiV reveals plankton-infecting relatives of herpesviruses in the sunlit oceans, and a vaccine encoding non-spike T cell antigens that protects animals from severe SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Mirusviruses link herpesvirus to giant viruses (Nature)
Tara Oceans expeditions
T cell vaccine protects against severe COVID (Cell)
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