The TWiV hosts discuss the distribution of prions in the eyes of patients with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, and the origins and evolution of RNA viruses.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Alan Dove, Rich Condit, Kathy Spindler

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Links for this episode * Please take the TWiV listener survey * ASV 2019 Satellite Symposia * Crowdfunding for EV-D68 research * Aaron Klug, 1926-2018 (Nature) * Prions in sCJD eyes (mBio) * Evolution of RNA viruses (mBio) * Walter Gilbert's The RNA World (Nature) * Image credit * Letters read on TWiV 526 * Timestamps by Jolene. Thanks!

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