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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ASH guidelines on anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients (ASH)
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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
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