TWiV 671: Prizes, polio, and a pandemic puzzle

<p>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.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello,</a> <a href="http://www.alandove.com/">Alan Dove</a>, and <a href= "http://www.mgm.ufl.edu/faculty/faculty-home-pages/condit-richard-c/"> Rich Condit</a></p> <p>Guests: <a href="http://parasiteswithoutborders.com/">Daniel Griffin</a> and <a href="http://www.enterovirus.net/">Amy Rosenfeld</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> <p><strong>Links for this episode</strong></p> <ul> <li>ASH guidelines on <a href= "https://www.hematology.org/education/clinicians/guidelines-and-quality-care/clinical-practice-guidelines/venous-thromboembolism-guidelines/ash-guidelines-on-use-of-anticoagulation-in-patients-with-covid-19"> anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients</a> (ASH)</li> <li>Followup of adults with <a href= "https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(20)30606-6/fulltext"> noncritical COVID-19</a> (Clin Micr Inf)</li> <li><a href= "https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(20)30277-0/fulltext"> Tocilizumab</a> in COVID-19 ICU patients (Lancet Rheum)</li> <li><a href= "https://opportunities.columbia.edu/en-us/job/509095/technician-b" data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Tech position with Dr. Rosenfeld</a></li> <li>Biological safety officer <a href= "https://opportunities.columbia.edu/en-us/