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episode 833: Grand theft kinesin


TWiV reviews Michael Worobey’s dissection of the early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, and the discovery that herpesviruses assimilate cellular kinesin to produce motorized virus particles.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode
  • Early COVID-19 cases in Wuhan (Science)
  • Herpesviruses assimilate kinesin (Nature)
  • Letters read on TWiV 833
  • Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
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Alan – Under the Sky We Make, by Kimberly Nicholas
Vincent – Enzymatic amplification of beta-globing sequences

Listener Picks

Paula – Reasons to be Cheerful and The Night Witches by Bruce Myles
Grant – George Carlin – Germs, Immune System

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees

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 November 25, 2021  1h32m