TWiV explains why human papillomavirus vaccine-induced immunity can block infection, unlike all other vaccines, and how respiratory viral infections such as COVID and influenza prime accelerated lung cancer growth.

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

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• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• J. Michael Bishop passes (NY Times)
• Vincent interviews JM Bishop (YouTube)
• David Botstein passes (NY Times)
• Post-attachment neutralization of HPV (npj vaccines)
• HPV vaccine blocks infection (Cancer Discov)
• Respiratory viral infections prime lung cancer growth (Cell)
• Respiratory virus infections awaken metastatic breast cancer (TWiV 1243 )
• SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumors to immunotherapy (TWiV 1265)
• Letters read  on TWiV 1309
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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