TWiP 73: I’m nibbling my way back to you

Screenshot 2014-06-12 16.37.33Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell killing and tissue invasion.

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TWiP 72: Wormholes

Dickson and worm

Dickson and wormHosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host tissues to survive.

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TWiP 71: Happy trails to you

chemoattractant assayHosts: 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.

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TWiP 70: Invasion of the swamp eels

gnathostoma lifecycleHosts: 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.

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TWiP 69: Malaria rising

climageHosts: 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.

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TWiP 68: Sex and the single trypanosome

1-s2.0-S0960982213014991-fx1Hosts: Vincent Racaniello Dickson Despommier, and Sagi Shapira

Vincent, Dickson, and Sagi discuss evidence that the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei undergoes meiosis and sexual reproduction.

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TWiP 67: They find each other delightful

Oxamniquine structure

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson explain the genetic and molecular basis of drug resistance in Schistosoma mansonii.

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TWiP 66: A nitrile warhead for Chagas disease

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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson discuss reversible inhibitors of cruzipain as new drugs for treating Chagas disease.

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TWiP 65: The real world wide web

journal.pone.0020193.g001Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson consider the effects of climate change on parasitic diseases.

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TWiP 64: Three new ways to prevent malaria

journal.ppat.1003757.s003Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier

Vincent and Dickson review three novel approaches to antimalarial chemotherapy.

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