This Week in Parasitism
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TWiP 75: Parasite wonders with Bobbi Pritt
Bobbi Pritt joins Vincent and Dickson to talk about directing ...
Bobbi Pritt joins Vincent and Dickson to talk about directing a clinical parasitology laboratory and her weekly case reports at Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Guest: Bobbi...
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TWiP 74: Nature has all the answers, what is your question?
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising ...
Vincent and Dickson review a novel malaria vaccine candidate comprising a parasite protein involved in egress from red blood cells. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Egress protein a...
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TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you
Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by ...
Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell killing and tissue invasion. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for...
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TWiP 72: Wormholes
Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host ...
Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host tissues to survive. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Wormholes in host defense (PLoS Path) Lung coin lesion...
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TWiP 71: Happy trails to you
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis. Download TWiP #71 (60 MB...
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TWiP 70: Invasion of the swamp eels
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss the finding of Gnathostoma nematodes in Asian swamp eels from US live markets and wild populations. Links for this episode: Guinea...
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TWiP 69: Malaria rising
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss an increase in the altitude of malaria distribution in warmer years in the highlands of Colombia and Ethiopia. Links for this episode: Altitudinal...
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TWiP 68: Sex and the single trypanosome
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Dickson Despommier, and Sagi Shapira Vincent, Dickson, ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Dickson Despommier, and Sagi Shapira Vincent, Dickson, and Sagi discuss evidence that the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes meiosis and sexual reproduction. Links for this episode: Meiosis...
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TWiP 67: They find each other delightful
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson explain ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson explain the genetic and molecular basis of drug resistance in Schistosoma mansonii. Links for this episode: Basis of resistance to...
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TWiP 66: A nitrile warhead for Chagas disease
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss ...
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss reversible inhibitors of cruzipain as new drugs for treating Chagas disease. Links for this episode: Reversible cysteine protease inhibitors for...
