TWiV 1289: Building a better hepatitis B trap

TWiV explains how the dengue virus protein NS1 alters Aedes
aegypti midgut permeability and favors virus dissemination, and
achieving a complete hepatitis B virus cure in chronic hepatitis
B virus-infected humanized mice by using a capsid assembly
modulator.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Angela
Mingarelli


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Dengue virus NS1 alters mosquito midgut
permeability (mBio)

HBV cure with a capsid assembly modulator (Cell
Host Microbe)

Letters read on TWiV 1289

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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