Science Is On It

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 19, 2020

Carl Zimmer, New York Times "Matter" columnist and the author of Planet of Viruses (University of Chicago Press; 2nd ed., 2015) and his latest She Has Her Mother's Laugh (Dutton, 2018), talks about some of the teams of scientists working on drugs to treat COVID-19 and some of the more promising areas of research.

"Hundreds of Scientists Scramble to Find a Coronavirus Treatment" (Carl Zimmer, NYT 3/17/20)

"How Coronavirus Hijacks Your Cells" (Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer, NYT 3/13/20)

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