TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines
29 March 2026

TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines

This Week in Virology

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TWiV explains why human papillomavirus vaccine-induced immunity can block infection, unlike all other vaccines, and how respiratory viral infections such as COVID and influenza prime accelerated lung cancer growth.

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

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    Support science education at MicrobeTV Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email) J. Michael Bishop passes (NY Times) Vincent interviews JM Bishop (YouTube) David Botstein passes (NY Times) Post-attachment neutralization of HPV (npj vaccines) HPV vaccine blocks infection (Cancer Discov) Respiratory viral infections prime lung cancer growth (Cell) Respiratory virus infections awaken metastatic breast cancer (TWiV 1243 ) SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines sensitize tumors to immunotherapy (TWiV 1265) Letters read  on TWiV 1309 Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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