TWiV 812: Bespoke capsids delivered

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 Subscribe (free): iTunes , Google Podcasts , RSS , email Become a patron of TWiV! Links for this episode Emergency drug use during a pandemic (Cell) Mus cle-directed AAV capsids (Cell) Designer AAV muscles up (Cell) Letters read on TWiV 812 Timestamps by Jolene . Thanks! Weekly Picks Dickson - Sid Caesar - The German General Brianne - These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life Rich - Seek by iNaturalist Alan - The hard part of making a game is ... everything Vincent - Columbia Pledges That All Future Campus Construction Will Be Fossil Free Listener Picks Bruce - Bat Superpowers Gary - We're Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees Send your virology questions and comments to [email protected]