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TWiP 129: Human kindness, river blindness

  • March 15, 2017
  • Tagged as: autoimmunity, black fly, eosinophilia, Haycocknema perplexum, ivermectin, nodding syndrome, onchocerca volvulus, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, river blindness
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The TWiP Masters solve the case of the Australian Wildlife Carer, and review evidence that nodding syndrome may be caused by an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm that causes river blindness.

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TWiP 82: A NOD to helminths

  • February 7, 2015
  • Tagged as: auto-inflammatory, autoimmunity, Fasciola hepatica, helminth, immune suppression, insulitis, NOD mouse, parasite, parasitism, type 1 diabetes

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.

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