TWiV 1267: A cancer vaccine and an mpox treatment

TWiV discusses the impact of vaccinating with Gardasil-9 adult women who are human papillomavirus positive or with confirmed squamous intraepithelial lesions, and human monoclonal antibodies that target the monkeypox virus A35 protein which protect against lethal disease.

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

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Links for this episode

• Support science education at MicrobeTV
• Immune 100 live at the Incubator
• Long tailed macaques are now officially endangered (Science)
• Iceland now has mosquitoes (npr)
• Impact of Gardasil-9 on adult women who are HPV+ or SIL+ (Viruses)
• Human mAbs that protect against mpox disease (Cell)
• Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!

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