Episode Details

TWiV discusses the virome of game animals in China, and the finding that binding of sarbecoviruses to ACE2 is an ancestral and evolvable trait.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Amy Rosenfeld

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Links for this episode

• WHO declaration of COVID-19 pandemic
• Virome of China game animals (Cell)
• ACE2 binding is ancestral and evolvable (Nature)
• Letters read on TWiV 875
• Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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