TWiV 766: The CORONA project with David Fajgenbaum

<p>David joins TWiV to relate how his near-death experience with Castleman’s disease motivated him to found the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory and the CORONA project to identify and track all treatments reported for COVID-19 in an open-source data repository.</p> <p>Hosts: <a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Racaniello">Vincent Racaniello</a>, <a href= "https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/spindler-lab/">Kathy Spindler</a>, and <a href= "http://twitter.com/bioprofbarker">Brianne Barker</a></p> <p>Guest: <a href= "https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p8205911">David Fajgenbaum</a></p> <p>Subscribe (free): <a href= "http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=300973784">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cDovL3R3aXYubWljcm9iZXdvcmxkLmxpYnN5bnByby5jb20vdHdpdg%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href= "http://twiv.microbeworld.libsynpro.com/twiv">RSS</a>, <a href="http://eepurl.com/Gcw59">email</a></p> <p>Become a <a href= "https://www.microbe.tv/contribute">patron</a> of TWiV!</p> <h3><strong>Links for this episode</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://cdcn.org/CORONA/">CORONA project</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.med.upenn.edu/CSTL/">Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory</a></li> <li><a href="https://cdcn.org/">Castleman Disease Collaborative Network</a></li> <li><em><a href="https://amzn.to/3ghOCN3">Chasing My Cure</a></em></li> <li><a href="https://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-766-letters/">Letters read</a> on TWiV 766</li> <li>Timestamps by <a href= "http://www.twitter.com/jrrmicro">Jolene</a>. Thanks!</li> </ul> <h3>Weekly Picks</h3> <p><strong>Brianne</strong> – <a href= "https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/05/giraffe-hearts-high-blood-pressure/618960/"> How Giraffes Beat High Blood Pressure</a><br /> <strong>Kathy</strong> – <a href= "https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-57335458">Orangutan optical illusion</a><br /> <strong>Vincent</strong> – Two quotes from <em><a href= "https://amzn.to/3ghOCN3