TWiV covers a MacArthur Award for Jason McLellan, 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, first treatment for Huntington’s Disease, structure of an archael dsDNA virus from head to tail, and discovery of a Legionella phage that explains a determinant of human disease.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Jolene Ramsey

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Jason McLellan wins MacArthur Award (NPR)
• 2025 Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine (Nobel Prizes)
• Huntington Disease treatment (BBC)
• Structure of archaeal tailed virus (Sci Adv)
• Discovery of Legionella phage (Sci Adv)
• Microbe of the Month: Legionella (Trends Micro)
• Letters read on TWiV 1261
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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