TWiV 818: Thor's hammer

The TWiVers review phase 3 efficacy and safety results for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, effects on the neonatal immune system caused by maternal infection with SARS-CoV-2, and NHC, the metabolite of molnupiravir, causes mutations in cellular DNA.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• Efficacy and safety of Novavax vaccine (medRxiv)
• A floret of spikes with Matt Frieman (TWiV 729)
• Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection affects neonatal immunity (Nat Immunol)
• NHC is mutagenic in mammalian cells (J Inf Dis)
• Coding for catastrophe (Nat Struct Mol Biol)
• Molnupiravir development (Nature)
• Letters read on TWiV 818
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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