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 therapeutics.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello), Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, (bbarkerdrew.com)and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email (eepurl.com/Gcw59)
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• Dolly Parton, and advocate for science (Nature)
• Phage bet-hedging (Nat Micro)
• EBV monoclonal antibodies (Cell Rep Med)
• Letters read (microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-1353-letters)on TWiV 1353
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Listener Pick John – Dolly Parton Sings Vaccine, Vaccine
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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