This Week in Virology4 Des 2016

TWiV 418: Of mice and MERS

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

The TWiVsters describe a new animal model for MERS coronavirus-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the mouse gene encoding an ortholog of the virus receptor.

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New mouse model for MERS (Nat Micro)
RNA-guided genome engineering (Science)
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