TWiV reviews continuing expansion of poliovirus type 2, removal of influenza B/Yamagata from the vaccine, Nobel Prize for miRNAs, protective immune response with a adenovirus-associated virus vector expressing a computationally designed hemagglutinin, and viral gene drive during herpes simplex 1 infection in mice.

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

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Continued expansion of type 2 poliovirus (reliefweb)
No more polio case map at polioeradication.org
B/Yamagata removed from flu vaccine (NPR)
Nobel Prizes for miRNA (ScienceInsider)
AAV-vectored influenza vaccine (J Virol)
Herpesvirus type 1 gene drive in mice (Nat Commun)
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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