TWiV 1279: Let hepatitis b

TWiV reviews considerations and perspectives on phage therapy,
and the Nobel Prize-winning discovery of hepatitis b virus.


Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit,
and Jolene Ramsey


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Links for this episode

Support science education at MicrobeTV

Immune 100 live at the Incubator

ASV 2026

WHO global expert committee: no link between vaccines
and autism (News-Medical)

Considerations on phage therapy (Nat Comm)

What is TATFAR? (CDC)

History of phage therapy (one, two) JAMA

Viruses that (can) make you well (TWiV 1153)

The InVinceable TWiV (TWiV 145)

Blumberg Nobel Lecture 1976

Particles associated with Australia antigen in
patients (Nature)

HBV vaccination remains vital for saving lives (Hep
B Foundation)

Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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