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)
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NIAID to drop pandemic preparedness and biodefense (Nature)
FDA backpedals on Moderna mRNA rejection (npr)
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