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, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email

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Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Dolly Parton, and advocate for science (Nature) Phage bet-hedging (Nat Micro) EBV monoclonal antibodies (Cell Rep Med) Letters read on TWiV 1353 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Picks of the Week

Brianne – Did life on Earth emerge once or twice?

Rich – Cassini Approaches Saturn (Wiki on Cassini)

Jolene – Dolly Parton's rewrite of Jolene song for vaccines on CBS news (Youtube)

Vincent – Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Listener Pick John – Dolly Parton Sings Vaccine, Vaccine

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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