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TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device

  • December 22, 2012
  • Tagged as: immune evasion, parasite, parasitism, schistosome, tetraspanin, vaccine

Vincent, Dickson, and Yosef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.

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TWiP 47: For whom the trich tolls

  • November 28, 2012
  • Tagged as: dsRNA virus, parasite, parasitism, protozoan, sexually transmitted disease, trichomonas vaginalis

Vincent and Dickson review evidence that a virus of the protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis may exacerbate disease.

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TWiP 46: Malaria gets the (zinc) finger

  • October 16, 2012
  • Tagged as: gene editing, gene replacement, malaria, mutagenesis, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium falciparum, zinc finger nuclease

Vincent and Dickson meet with Judith Straimer and Marcus Lee to discuss their method for site-specific genome editing in Plasmodium falciparum using zinc finger nucleases.

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TWiP 45: Free range Toxoplasma with John Boothroyd

  • September 25, 2012
  • Tagged as: john boothroyd, parasite, parasitism, parasitophorous vacuole, rhoptry, toxoplasma gondii

Vincent and Dickson discuss Toxoplasma biology with Stanford University Professor John Boothroyd.

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TWiP 44: Parasites provide a cricket subsidy for trout

  • September 7, 2012
  • Tagged as: benthic invertebrate, cricket, ecosystem, ecotone, food chain, food web, nematomorph, parasite, parasitism, riparian, stream salmonid

Vincent and Dickson explain how a nematode manipulates cricket behavior and alters the food web of a stream.

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TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts

  • August 23, 2012
  • Tagged as: adenylate cyclase, innate immunity, malaria, miRNA, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium falciparum, sickle cell, Trypanosoma brucei, trypanosome

Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cell microRNAs contribute to malaria resistance, and inhibition of innate immune responses by an enzyme from trypanosomes.

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TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

  • August 10, 2012
  • Tagged as: email, ivermectin, leishmania, liver fluke, loa loa, parasite, parasitism, tapework, tick, toxoplasmosis, twip, vector

Vincent and Dickson answer listener emails about Leishmania, dual infection of vectors, tapeworms, liver flukes, toxoplasmosis, and much more.

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TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts

  • June 27, 2012
  • Tagged as: arachnid, arthropod, insect, parasite, parasitism, vector

Vincent and Dickson review medically important arthropods.

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TWiP 40: Doctor, there’s a worm in my eye!

  • May 17, 2012
  • Tagged as: filarial, loa loa, microfilaria, nematode, parasite, parasitism, worm

Vincent and Dickson discuss loaiasis caused by the filarial nematode Loa loa.

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TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba

  • April 26, 2012
  • Tagged as: acanthamoeba castellani, keratitis, naegleria fowlerii, parasite, parasitism, podcast, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, twip

Vincent and Dickson review the biology and pathogenesis of the amoebae Naegleria fowlerii and Acanthamoeba castellani.

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