TWiV 418: Of mice and MERS
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Hosts:\\xa0Vincent Racaniello,\\xa0Dickson Despommier,\\xa0Alan Dove,\\xa0Rich Condit, and\\xa0Kathy Spindler
The TWiVsters\\xa0describe a\\xa0new animal\\xa0model for MERS\\xa0coronavirus-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome, produced by CRISPR/Cas9 editing of the\\xa0mouse\\xa0gene encoding an ortholog of the\\xa0virus receptor.
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Links for this episode
- New\\xa0mouse model\\xa0for MERS (Nat Micro)
- RNA-guided\\xa0genome engineering\\xa0(Science)
- Photo by Finny
- Letters read\\xa0on TWiV 418
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