TWiV 1285: Encapsidating viruses 2025

TWiV reviews compelling virology themes for 2024, as heard in our
98 episodes, including 22 guests.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Kathy Spindler


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ASV 2026

Dismantling of science and public health in the US
including TWiV 1199, TWiV 1191, TWiV
1197, TWiV 1203, TWiV 1205 , TWiV
1209, TWiV 1211, TWiV 1215, TWiV
1217,  TWiV 1219, TWiV 1221, TWiV
1223, TWiV 1225, TWiV 1227, TWiV 1231, TWiV
1233, TWiV 1241, TWiV 1243,  TWiV
1245, TWiV 1285.

Herpesviruses and dementia TWiV 1187, TWiV
1207, TWiV 1249, TWiV 1263, TWIV 1233

Hepatitis B, C TWiV 1213, TWIV 1237, Chari
Cohen, Stephan Urban, Thomas Tu, TWiV 1279

POTW themes/highlights

Dickson Despommier passes TWIV 1195, TWiP
254, YouTube excerpt, DDD Photography, ‘Despommier’s
Parasitic Diseases’

H5N1 in dairy cattle TWiV 1193, TWiV
1257, TWiV 1259 (goats), TWiV 1211

EBV and Lupus TWiV 1273

Vaccines TWiV 1209, TWiV 1265, TWiV 1267

Some classic papers TWIV 1241, TWiV 1273, TWiV
1275, TWiV 1279, TWiV 1269

Respiratory infections awaken dormant breast cancer
cells TWiV 1243

Phages TWiV 1261, TWiV 1181

Letters read on TWiV 1285

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

Weekly Picks

Kathy – APOD for
1/1/2026; American Kestrals Put the Cherry on Top 
  Primary article (open access)
Vincent – Science in Your Own Back
Yard by Elizabeth Cooper
Listener Picks

Bill – They did the Monster
Slash and Elle Cordova
Rona – The married scientists torn
apart by a COVID bioweapon theory


Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees


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