TWiV 1065: Cat coronavirus gains function in Cyprus

TWiV reviews ban on gain-of-function research by the House, chronic wasting disease in Tennessee deer, nOPV2 causing paralysis in children, and an outbreak of feline infectious peritonitis in Cyprus caused by a new recombinant coronavirus.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker

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Links for this episode

• MicrobeTV Discord Server
• MicrobeTV store at Cafepress
• Global Scholar Travel Awards (ASV)
• Research assistant position in Rosenfeld Lab CBER/FDA (pdf)
• The New City by Dickson Despommier
• House approves ban on gain-of-function research (Science)
• Virology under the microscope (J Virol)
• CWD detected in another Tennessee county (CIDRAP)
• Polio eradication: Do no harm (Science)
• nOPV2 causes polio (MMWR)
• How is nOPV2 doing? (Polioeradication.org)
• Feline infectious peritonitis caused by recombinant coronavirus (bioRxiv)
• New feline coronavirus kills thousands of cats (Science)
• Feline coronavirus with Gary Whittaker (TWiV 963)
• Letters read on TWiV 1065
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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