TWiV 818: Thor's hammer

<p>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.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href= "http://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condi</a><a href= "http://enterovirus.net/">t</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Efficacy and safety of <a href= "https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.05.21264567v1">Novavax vaccine</a> (medRxiv)</li> <li>A floret of spikes with Matt Frieman (<a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-729/">TWiV 729</a>)</li> <li>Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41590-021-01049-2">affects neonatal immunity</a> (Nat Immunol)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8136050/">NHC is mutagenic</a> in mammalian cells (J Inf Dis)</li> <li>Coding for <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41594-021-00657-8">catastrophe</a> (Nat Struct Mol Biol)</li> <li>Molnupiravir <a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02783-1">development</a> (Nature)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-818-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 818</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.t