TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines
Episode 1309 of the This Week in Virology podcast, hosted by Vincent Racaniello, titled "TWiV 1309: Maybe they're all cancer vaccines" was published on March 29, 2026 and runs 106 minutes.
March 29, 2026 ·106m · This Week in Virology
Episode Description
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.
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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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