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TWiV explains how vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia develops from antibodies to adenovirus and somatic hypermutation, and castration by a viral protein tyrosine phosphatase that targets a host cell cycle checkpoint protein.
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- US repeals environmental endangerment finding (Nature)
- Environmental groups sue EPA (Guardian)
- NIAID to drop pandemic preparedness and biodefense (Nature)
- FDA backpedals on Moderna mRNA rejection (npr)
- Mechanism of VITT (NEJM)
- Parasitc castration by a wasp virus protein (PNAS)
- Polydnaviruses (PloS Path)
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