TWiV 1261: Must-see TVs
Update: 2025-10-12
Description
TWiV covers a MacArthur Award for Jason McLellan, 2025 Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine, first treatment for Huntington's Disease, structure of an archael dsDNA virus from head to tail, and discovery of a Legionella phage that explains a determinant of human disease.
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Links for this episode
- Support science education at MicrobeTV
- Jason McLellan wins MacArthur Award (NPR)
- 2025 Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine (Nobel Prizes)
- Huntington Disease treatment (BBC)
- Structure of archaeal tailed virus (Sci Adv)
- Discovery of Legionella phage (Sci Adv)
- Microbe of the Month: Legionella (Trends Micro)
- Letters read on TWiV 1261
- Timestamps by Jolene Ramsey. Thanks!
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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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