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TWiP 140: Blasting Blastocystis

  • October 17, 2017
  • Tagged as: anaerobic, blast, Blastocystis, eosinophilia, eukaryote, genome, parasite, parasitism, stramenopile

The triple TWiP solve the case of the Peace Corp Veteran with Eosinophilia, and discuss the genome sequence of the hyper-prevalent parasitic eukaryote Blastocystis.

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TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor

  • August 27, 2016
  • Tagged as: amoeba, brain eating amoeba, Cuscuta, dodder, eukaryote, holoparasite, Naegleria fowleri, parasite, parasitism, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, stem holoparasite, tomato
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The TWiPlets solve the sad case of the Boy Who Went Swimming, and explain why the tomato is resistant to the plant parasite Cuscuta.

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TWiP 105: Survival of the fattest

  • March 12, 2016
  • Tagged as: arsenic, Artemia, brine shrimp, cestode, eukaryote, flamingo, lipid droplets, parasite, parasitism, toxicity, Trichinella
TWiP

The TWiPanosomes solve the case of the Young Man from Anchorage, and discuss how cestode parasites increase the resistance of brine shrimp to arsenic toxicity.

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TWiP 103: Scroll down, please

  • February 13, 2016
  • Tagged as: Africa, cerebral malaria, Echinococcus, eukaryote, hydatid disease, malaria, parasite, parasitism, Plasmodium falciparum, single nucleotide polymorphism
TWiP

The TWiP-scholars solve the case of the Housewife from Kolkata, discuss mutations in the IL17 gene associated with cerebral malaria, and hear a case presentation from guest Michael Libman.

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TWiP 99: You get your polar bear from your nana

  • December 5, 2015
  • Tagged as: AIDS, eukaryote, H. nana, HIV-1, hymenolepis nana, immunosuppression, malignancy, parasite, parasitism, tapeworm, transformation, tumor
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The TWiP trifecta solves the case of the Professor Who Went to Brazil, and discuss an amazing case of a tapeworm that turned into a tumor in an AIDS patient.

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TWiP 94: Loa hanging fruit

  • September 5, 2015
  • Tagged as: Brugia malayi, c-abl, eukaryote, filaria, filariasis, Gleevac, imatinib, loa loa, lymphatic filariasis, macrofilaricide, microfilaricide, onchocerciasis, parasite, parasitism, tyrosine kinase, Wuchereria bancrofti

Vincent, Dickson, and Daniel solve the case about the man from El Salvador, and discuss the use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors to treat onchocerciasis and filariasis.

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