TWiP solves the case of the woman who went to Belize and notices a lesion on her face, and presents a new clinical case for you to solve. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula…
TWiP 250: Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis
- January 3, 2025
- Tagged as: colitis, Crohns, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Trichinella
TWiP reviews a study showing that the gut microbiota is essential for suppression of colitis by Trichinella spiralis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to playDownload TWiP #250 (75 MB .mp3, 522…
TWiP solves the case of the middle-aged man with eosinophilia and a history of sexual activity with paid sex workers in Okinawa, and presents a new case for you to solve. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin,…
TWiP reviews the observation that infection of Azlheimer’s disease mice with Toxoplasma gondii reduces brain amyloid density globally and regionally. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to playDownload TWiP #248…
TWiP 247: Manhattan mystery malady
- November 18, 2024
- Tagged as: eosinophilia, metronidazole, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, PrEP, std, trichomonas vaginalis, urethritis
TWiP solves the case of the Manhattan man with pain on urination or ejaculation, and presents a new case for you to solve. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow…
TWiP 246: Everything spiral: a worm in a hurry
- November 1, 2024
- Tagged as: bear meat, eosinophilia, nurse cell, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, pork, Trichinella, trichinellosis
TWiP taps into Dickson’s knowledge of Trichinella to discuss an outbreak in humans who consumed rare bear meat, and the impact of globalization and climate change on the epidemiology of the species. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson…
Founder of Floating Doctors Ben LaBrot joins TWiP to solve the case of the 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection, followed by a discussion of the history and mission of…
Lilach Sheiner joins TWiP to talk about her career and her work on engineering Toxoplasma gondii secretion systems for intracellular delivery of multiple large therapeutic proteins to neurons. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Christina Naula…
TWiP 243: Don’t blame it on Mexico
- September 20, 2024
- Tagged as: Enterobous vermicularis, feces, Mary Pritchard, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, pinworm, stool, white worm
TWiP solves the case of the Woman with White Worms, and submits a new case involving a 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection.
TWiP 242: Worms impair COVID vaccines
- September 6, 2024
- Tagged as: antibody, B cells, Heligmosomoides, helminth, IL10, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, SARS-CoV-2, T cells, Th1, Th2, vaccine response
TWiP reviews a study showing that intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses through an IL-10 pathway, which compromised protection against antigenically drifted SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Christina Naula, Ph.D.
Dickson D.
Despommier, Ph.D.
Daniel Griffin, M.D.,
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.