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TWiV discusses the rising autism rate among children, RFK Jr.’s claim that autism ‘destroys lives’, receptor binding specificity of a bovine H5N1 influenza virus, and improved dengue subunit vaccine modified to form E protein dimers.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, and Brianne Barker


  • TWiP 257: Malaya and Malaysia
    on April 20, 2025

    TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with left arm swelling, and presents a new case for you to decipher. […]

  • Infectious Disease Puscast #78
    on April 15, 2025

    On episode #78 of the Infectious Disease Puscast, Daniel and Sara review the infectious disease literature for the weeks of 3/27/25 – 4/9/25. Hosts: Daniel […]

  • TWiM 330: More mouth microbiology
    on April 12, 2025

    TWiM explains how to recode E. coli so it uses only one stop codon, and an exploration of the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion within dental plaque. Hosts: […]

  • TWiN 59: AI co-scientist
    on April 2, 2025

    Tim explains AI co-scientist, a tool released by Google, which it hopes to help scientists generate hypotheses and research proposals, and to accelerate the […]

  • TWiEVO 112: Sex-Z cephalopods
    on March 27, 2025

    Nels and Vincent explain the ancient evolutionary origin of sex in cephalopods. Hosts: Nels Elde and Vincent Racaniello Click arrow to playDownload TWiEVO […]