TWiV 997: Inside Omicron with Mohsan Saeed - a podcast by Vincent Racaniello
from 2023-04-02T04:00
Mohsan joins TWiV to discuss the work of his laboratory showing that spike and nsp6 are determinants of Omicron attenuation, and why the work was widely misinterpreted by the press and the public.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit
Guest: Mohsan Saeed
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• Spike and nsp6 determinants of Omicron attenuation (Nature)
•China releases genomic data from Wuhan market (Science)
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