TWiV 1299: Moth balls and blood clots

TWiV explains how vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia develops from antibodies to adenovirus and somatic hypermutation, and castration by a viral protein tyrosine phosphatase that targets a host cell cycle checkpoint protein.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello), Alan Dove (alandove.com), Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email (eepurl.com/Gcw59)
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• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• US repeals environmental endangerment finding (Nature)
• Environmental groups sue EPA (Guardian)
• NIAID to drop pandemic preparedness and biodefense (Nature)
• FDA backpedals on Moderna mRNA rejection (npr)
• Mechanism of VITT (NEJM)
• Parasitc castration by a wasp virus protein (PNAS)
• Polydnaviruses (PloS Path)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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