TWiV 812: Bespoke capsids delivered

<p>TWiV considers lessons learned from COVID-19 about emergency drug use during a pandemic, and selection of AAV capsids to produce vectors that efficiently deliver genes to muscle cells.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href="http://www.trichinella.org/">Dickson Despommier</a>, <a href="http://alandove.com/">Alan Dove</a>, <a href="http://mgm.ufl.edu/profile/condit-rich/">Rich Condi</a><a href="http://enterovirus.net/">t</a> and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</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> <p> </p> <ul> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34587491/">Emergency drug use</a> during a pandemic (Cell)</li> <li>Mus<a href= "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34506722/">cle-directed</a> AAV capsids (Cell)</li> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34534462/">Designer AAV</a> muscles up (Cell)</li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-812-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 812</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <p><strong>Weekly Picks</strong></p> <p><strong>Dickson</strong> -  <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m6Czgl1acU">Sid Caesar - The German General</a><br /> <strong>Brianne -</strong> <a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/solar-powered-sea-slug-chloroplasts/620227/"> These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life</a><br /> <strong>Rich</strong> - <a href= "https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app">Seek by iNaturalist</a><br /> <strong>Ala