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TWiV 1353: Phage bet-hedging and EBV antibodies

TWiV 1353: Phage bet-hedging and EBV antibodies

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TWiV explores how bacteriophages enable bet-hedge against bacterial immune defenses, and how transgenic mice engineered to produce human antibodies yielded potent anti-EBV candidates targeting gp350 and gp42, a promising step toward Epstein-Barr therapeutics.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Rich Condit, Brianne Barker, and Jolene Ramsey

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  • Support science education at MicrobeTV
  • Dolly Parton, and advocate for science (Nature)
  • Phage bet-hedging (Nat Micro)
  • EBV monoclonal antibodies (Cell Rep Med)
  • Letters read on TWiV 1353
  • Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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