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Published: June 1, 2014, 3:30 p.m.

Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\xa0Dickson Despommier,\xa0Alan Dove,\xa0Kathy Spindler, and\xa0Matt Frieman

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Matt updates\xa0the TWiV team on MERS-coronavirus, and joins in a discussion of whether we should further regulate research on potentially pandemic pathogens.

\nLinks for this episode\n

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• MERS stories at\xa0CIDRAP
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• MERS at\xa0CDC
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• MERS\xa0in the US\xa0(CDC)
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• MERS-CoV map
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• MERS-CoV infection after\xa0camel exposure\xa0(EID)
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• MERS-CoV in dromedaries from\xa0Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia\xa0(EID)
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• MERS-CoV antivirals (one,\xa0two,\xa0three,\xa0four)
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• Experiments with\xa0novel potential pathogens\xa0(PLoS Med)
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• Unacceptable risks\xa0(Bull Atom Sci)
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• TWiX Bingo\xa0(thanks, Mark!)
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• Letters read\xa0on TWiV 287
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\nWeekly Science Picks\n

Matt -\xa0Forgive me, scientists
Alan\xa0-\xa0Do not link
Vincent\xa0-\xa0bioRxiv
Kathy\xa0-\xa0Snail photographs
Dickson\xa0-\xa0Solar roadways

\nListener Pick of the Week\n

Daniel\xa0-\xa0Benz Biome concept car

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