TWiV explains the emergence of vaccine-derived poliovirus strains from the novel oral polio vaccine in the Central African Republic, and the infection of spiral ganglion neurons in the inner ear by SARS-CoV-2, which may explain hearing loss in humans.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

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• Positions in Rosenfeld Lab (email)
• Bernard Roizman dies (U Chicago)
• Craig Venter dies (Sci Am)
• Trump fires National Science Board (AAU)
• It was World Vaccine Week (WHO)
• nOPV2 phenotypically reverts via recombination (mBio)
• SARS-CoV-2 infects inner ear (Cell Rep)
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