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This Week in Microbiology is a podcast about unseen life on Earth hosted by Vincent Racaniello and friends. Following in the path of his successful shows 'This Week in Virology' (TWiV) and 'This Week in Parasitism' (TWiP), Racaniello and guests produce an informal yet informative conversation about microbes which is accessible to everyone, no matter what their science background.
TWiV 671: Prizes, polio, and a pandemic puzzle
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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!
Weekly Science Picks
Amy - Coronavirus : A book for children by Kate Wilson and Nia Roberts Alan - Lost Prologue Rich -RAPS COVID-19 vaccine tracker Vincent - A Crack in Creation by Doudna and Sternberg and Sternberg on TWiM 184
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