TWiV 671: Prizes, polio, and a pandemic puzzle

Daniel Griffin provides a clinical report on COVID-19, then Amy joins us to discuss the 2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize for gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9, continuing circulation of poliovirus in Afghanistan, inborn errors of interferon in patients with severe COVID-19, and listener questions.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Guests: Daniel Griffin and Amy Rosenfeld

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Links for this episode

• ASH guidelines on anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients (ASH)
• Followup of adults with noncritical COVID-19 (Clin Micr Inf)
• Tocilizumab in COVID-19 ICU patients (Lancet Rheum)
• Tech position with Dr. Rosenfeld
• Biological safety officer position at CUMC
• Support MicrobeTV at Parasites Without Borders
• 2020 Nobel Prize Chemistry (pdf)
• Progress towards polio eradication Afghanistan (MMWR)
• Inborn errors of IFN and serious COVID-19 (Science)
• Letters read on TWiV 671
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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