episode 927: Merchlinsky vs monkeypox
Michael Merchlinsky joins TWiV to discuss the development of two smallpox antiviral drugs and two smallpox vaccines and their uses during the monkeypox outbreak.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Rich Condit, and Kathy Spindler
Guest: Michael Merchlinsky
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Links for this episode- Michael on Anything but academic (TWiM 145)
- Development of Tecoviromat (TPOXX) (Antiviral Res)
- Use of Jynneos vaccine (MMWR)
- Limitations of Tecoviromat (NEJM)
- Poliovirus in NYC wastewater (NY Times)
- Letters read on TWiV 927
- Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!
Dickson – Duke Ellington and his Orchestra. Signature song: Take The A Train; Signature album: Black, Brown, And Beige and Herding Cats: Harlem 1958
Kathy – How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting
Rich – JWST/chorizo gag
Vincent – Bat Conservation Trust
Bill – The End of Manual Transmission
J – How the Krebs cycle powers life and death – with Nick Lane
Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees
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