TWiV reviews freezes and unfreezes of US government grants, how prior COVID-19 vaccination prevents over-reaction of the innate immune response during infections, and how bat genomes illuminate adaptations to viral tolerance and disease resistance.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Alan Dove

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• ASV 2025
• NIH freezes (ScienceAdviser)
• Is your research on Trump’s hit list? (ScienceInsider)
• Prior COVID-19 vaccination tames innate responses (Sci Transl Med)
• Bat genomes illuminate viral tolerance and disease resistance (Nature)
• Letters read on TWiV 1191
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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