Beginnings
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In the first episode of Long Shot, we'll hear a legend about ancient inoculators on a sacred mountain in China, and the remarkable story of how the genetic sequence for COVID-19 was first released to the public. We’ll also hear from an evolutionary biologist who traces the origins of coronaviruses. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
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The final episode of Long Shot travels millions of years into the past to when coronaviruses first appeared, and brings us back to the future of COVID vaccines. With a hell of a lot of vaccine milestones in between.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/06/21
Published 10/06/21
The future of coronavirus vaccines may be an engineered spike protein called HexaPro. And it's carried into the human body by a bird disease. We'll learn how it works, and ask why one of this vaccine's creators brought the 1918 flu back from the dead.  Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Published 09/29/21