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.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condi t and Brianne Barker

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Emergency drug use during a pandemic (Cell)
Muscle-directed AAV capsids (Cell)
Designer AAV muscles up (Cell)
Letters read on TWiV 812
Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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