Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, and Kathy Spindler
Vincent, Alan, Kathy, and Dickson discuss identification of a cell receptor for the coronavirus-EMC, and the role of interferon-epsilon in protecting the female reproductive tract.
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Links for this episode:
- Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 is CoV-EMC receptor (Nature)
- Receptor for new coronavirus (Nature)
- Broad reception for coronavirus (Nature)
- SARS 10th anniversary (Science)
- Interferon-epsilon protects female reproductive tract (Science)
- Families fighting flu (YouTube)
- Monitoring infections with online data (TWiM 41)
- Natalie Portman was a scientist (NY Times)
- Letters read on TWiV 224
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Hi Dr. Racaniello, was listening to TWIV and saw your pen recommendation. It made me think of a pen website my friend told me about. Pen Island . Just don’t go to the “.com” site; it’s a totally different place.
Thanks for the link, Brian. Seems like a higher-end pen shop, compared with JetPens, but cool nonetheless.
Wow, that’s a very unfortunate domain name. People really should think about what words will look like when they’re run together.
A little late as I only listened to this episode this morning but I have pen that I expect the group will enjoy and find useful. Its called the Cross Tech 3. Mechanical Pencil 0.5mm, Black Ink and Red Ink. In my work I primarily use the pencil but I find the red ink very useful when revising. Amazon has them in multiple colors $30-40. For people that enjoy quality writing instruments. The new one even has stylus option for capacity screen such as an IPad 🙂 Though I’d share as an attempt to contribute to a great product.