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A TWiV duo reviews how SARS-CoV-2 attacks the olfactory mucosa but spares the olfactory bulb, vaccination with BNT162b2 induces virus-specific stem cell memory T cells, and development of an oral protease inhibitor for the treatment of COVID-19.
Links for this episode
- How SARS-CoV-2 attacks olfactory mucosa (Cell) 3:00
- SARS-CoV-2-specific stem cell memory T cells after mRNA vaccine (Sci Immunol) 20:21
- Oral SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitor (Science) 50:40
- Paxlovid phase 2/3 trial preliminary results (Pfizer) 1:13:27
- Letters read on TWiV 829 1:16:08
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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