TWiV 1051: Like SARS-CoV-2 in the headlights

<p>TWiV reviews the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their identification nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19, and accelerated mutation of SARS-CoV-2 in white-tailed deer.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a title="" href= "http://trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a title="" href="http://alandove.com/">Alan Dove</a>, and <a title="" href="http://twitter.com/immunevet">Angela Mingarelli</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a title= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784" href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-virology/id1176779065"> Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href= "https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3 id="links-for-this-episode" class="wp-block-heading">Links for this episode</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://discord.gg/xA4JX7AeeU">MicrobeTV Discord Server</a></li> <li>MicrobeTV store at <a title="" href= "http://cafepress.com/twiv">Cafepress</a></li> <li>Spike shirts at <a title="" href= "http://vaccinated.us/">vaccinated.us</a> (promo code Microbetv)</li> <li>Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (<a title="" href= "https://twiv.s3.amazonaws.com/Research+Assistant.pdf">pdf</a>)</li> <li>2023 Nobel Prize <a title="" href= "https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2023/press-release/">Physiology or Medicine</a> (Nobelprize.org)</li> <li>Evading a toll on the road to mRNA vaccines (<a title="" href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-860/">TWiV 860</a>)</li> <li><a title="" href= "https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mrna-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-biontech"> Katalin Karikó</a>‘s overlook