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The TWiVy team deconstructs CoronaVac, the inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine produced by Sinovac Biotech, and production of multivalent camelid nanobodies that block infection with the virus and suppress selection of neturalization-resistant variants.
Links for this episode
- David Kessler to head Operation Warp Speed (NY Times) 3:51
- Phase 1/2 results of Sinovac inactivated vaccine (Lancet) 6:09
- beta-propiolactone (Wikipedia) 13:11
- Multivalent anti-SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies (Science) 50:02
- Letters read on TWiV 708 1:17:16
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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