TWiV reviews a Lassa virus mRNA vaccine that confers protection against disease without inducing neutralizing antibodies, and a CRISPR-based method for engineering the genome of RNA viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Angela Mingarelli

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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
• Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
• Virologist Bob Lamb dies (Northwestern Now)
• Lassa virus mRNA vaccine (Nat Commun)
• CRISPR engineering of RNA viruses (Sci Adv)
• Letters read on TWiV 1045
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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