TWiV 1293: The enemy of your parasite is your friend

TWiV reviews the finding in Sweden that immunization against
cervical cancer with human papillomavirus vaccine also protects
the non-immunized, and methyl salicylic acid as a key volatile
molecule that attracts parasitoid wasps to rice and other crops
to destroy destructive leafhoppers, and is down-regulated by
virus infection to enable virus spread.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy
Spindler


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ASV 2026

Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)

"Host adaptations to viral infections” International Meeting

William Foege dies (NY Times)

Peter Duesberg dies (NY Times)

US gov't lost over 10,000 PhDs under DJT (Science)

Herd effect of HPV vaccination (Lancet Pub Health)

Arboviruses manipulate rice's volatile
emissions (Sci Adv)

Letters read on TWiV 1293

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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