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TWiP 182: Super spreaders of science

  • April 11, 2020
  • Tagged as: bed bug, Cimex, COVID-19, genome integration, HIV-1, lentivirus vector, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, SARS-CoV-2, Schistosoma mansoni

Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Ugandan Volunteer With Morning Bites and discuss integration of HIV-1 into the Schistosome genome, with a sprinkling of COVID-19 throughout.

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TWiP 181: Daniel’s drive-through

  • March 14, 2020
  • Tagged as: colony collapse, COVID-19, dsRNA, honeybee, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, SARS-CoV-2

Dickson, Daniel and Vincent solve the case of the Two Volunteers With Watery Diarrhea, discuss diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 in the New York area, and reveal an approach to preventing honeybee colony collapse by imbuing their gut bacteria with the ability to produce antiviral and antiparasite double-stranded RNAs.

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