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TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device

TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 48: A parasitic cloaking device

FromThis Week in Parasitism

ratings:
Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Josef Sabo
Vincent, Dickson, and Josef discuss tetraspanins on the surface of schistosomes as vaccine candidates and immune evasion proteins.
Links for this episode:

S. japonicum tetraspanin-2 as a vaccine target (PLoS NTP)
Protection with S. mansoni tetraspanin-2 (PLoS NTP)
S. mansoni tetraspanins confer protection (Nat Med)
Tetraspanins
Letters read on TWiP 48

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Released:
Dec 18, 2012
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Titles in the series (100)

TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.