TWiV 1323: One influenza infection, two patients

About this episode

The episode discusses mRNA delivery of vaccines and the impact of toll-like receptor 7 on maternal and fetal health during influenza A infection.

TWiV explains mRNA delivery of mosaic-8 pan-sarbecovirus RBD vaccines, and how toll-like receptor 7 alters the maternal immune landscape during influenza A infection to increase maternal and fetal morbidity, Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler Subscribe (free): Apple Podcasts, RSS, email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) RFK Jr. driving vast inquiry into vaccines (NY Times) Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school (Science) Trump cuts CDC role in PEPFAR (Science) Ralph Baric retires (The Assembly) Baric to fight NIH funding ban (Science) Ebola outbreak in DRC (npr) Persistence of Andes virus RNA in human semen (Viruses) mRNA delivery of mosaic-8 pan-sarbecovirus RBD vaccines (Cell Rep) Science will break your heart (TWiV 920) TLR7 and maternal and fetal morbidity during influenza (Sci Adv) Letters read on TWiV 1323 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks! Weekly Picks Kathy – Bloomberg Connects app and What’s in Bloom Peony Season 2026 Bloom Tracker Rich – Medpage Today: What you need to know about hantavirus Vincent – Apollo 11 Almost Never Left the Moon Intro…

People in this episode

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler

Topics covered

• mRNA delivery
• influenza A infection
• maternal immune landscape
• vaccines
• pan-sarbecovirus
• maternal and fetal morbidity

Keywords

• mRNA
• influenza
• vaccines
• maternal health
• fetal morbidity
• toll-like receptor 7
• pan-sarbecovirus

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Organizations: MicrobeTV, NY Times, Science, npr, Cell Rep, Sci Adv

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