This Week in Parasitism
Successful systems attract parasites
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TWiP 85: Channeling tryps
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel explain how trypanolytic factor forms membrane ...
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel explain how trypanolytic factor forms membrane channels to lyse trypanosomes, and present a new case study. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Links for this episode: Human...
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TWiP 84: Bigfoot
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel consider the delivery of anti-trypanosome nanobodies ...
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel consider the delivery of anti-trypanosome nanobodies to the tsetse fly via a bacterial symbiont, and present a new case study. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Links for this...
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TWiP 83: Hidden costs of infection
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel present a new case study, and ...
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel present a new case study, and discuss the effect of chronic malaria infection on wild warbler life span and telomere degradation. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Links for this...
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TWiP 82: A NOD to helminths
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve last week's case study, present ...
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve last week's case study, present a new one, and reveal how secreted proteins from a helminth prevent diabetes in mice. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin Links for this...
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TWiP 81: Living in a wormy world
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel provide the solution to last week's ...
Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel provide the solution to last week's case study, present a new one, and discuss how immune suppression by nematodes increases tuberculosis fatality in African buffalo. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson...
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TWiP 80: Daniel in the parasites' den
Vincent and Dickson welcome new TWiP host Daniel to discuss ...
Vincent and Dickson welcome new TWiP host Daniel to discuss the association of a new Mycoplasma with Trichomoniasis, and to introduce a new feature to the show, a case study. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel...
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TWiP 79: Across the river and into the trees
Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in ...
Vincent and Dickson discuss the spread of P. knowlesi in Malaysia, and how Leishmania parasites protect the sandfly gut from bacterial infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this...
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TWiP 78: Eau de rodent
Vincent and Dickson discuss how malaria parasites induce odors in ...
Vincent and Dickson discuss how malaria parasites induce odors in their rodent hosts that attract mosquitoes. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Visceral Leishmaniasis, South Sudan...
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TWiP 77: Mixed messages
Vincent and Dickson discuss the exchange of messenger RNAs between ...
Vincent and Dickson discuss the exchange of messenger RNAs between a parasitic plant and its hosts. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Exchange of mRNAs between parasite and plant...
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TWiP 76: Herpesvirus worms its way out
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths ...
Vincent and Dickson discuss how infection of mice with helminths induces cytokines that reactivate a latent gamma-herpesvirus. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Helminths reactivate...
