TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b

TWiV reviews considerations and perspectives on phage therapy, and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of hepatitis b virus.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Jolene Ramsey

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Immune 100 live at the Incubator
• ASV 2026
• WHO global expert committee: no link between vaccines and autism (News-Medical)
• Considerations on phage therapy (Nat Comm)
• What is TATFAR? (CDC)
• History of phage therapy (one, two) JAMA
• Viruses that (can) make you well (TWiV 1153)
• The InVinceable TWiV (TWiV 145)
• Blumberg Nobel Lecture 1976
• Particles associated with Australia antigen in patients (Nature)
• HBV vaccination remains vital for saving lives (Hep B Foundation)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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