TWiV 170: From variolous effluvia to VLPs

Hosts: Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Dickson Despommier

Alan, Rich, and Dickson discuss Edward Jenner’s paper on cowpox vaccine, then move 200 years later to modern vaccines against norovirus, influenza H5N1, and more.

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Links for this episode:

• Norton Zinder, 83 (Reuters)
• Jenner’s cowpox vaccine paper (Bartleby, Gutenberg)
• Norovirus VLP vaccine (NEJM)
• Plant-grown H5N1 VLP vaccine (Reuters, PLoS One)
• Plant-grown norovirus VLP
• Hexavalent pediatric vaccine
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• Letters read on TWiV 170

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Tagged as: cowpox, edward jenner, H5N1, hexavalent pediatric, influenza, norovirus, smallpox, vaccine, viral, virology, virus, virus-like particle, vlp