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Back to SearchToxoplasma changes your brain
Episode 264
Vincent and Daniel discuss research showing that Toxoplasma gondii infection of the brain alters extracellular vesicle production and the communication between neurons and astrocytes.
Hosts: Vincent …Published on 5 hours ago
Tick-tock
Episode 263
TWiP solves the case of the world travelers with poppy-seed size dots embedded in their skin, then present a new case about parasite check in summer camp.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, a…Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Do schistosomes affect behavior?
Episode 262
TWiP reviews research suggesting that schistosome infection affect behavior through the gut-brain axis, and Chuck Knirsch joins to reminisce about Dickson Despommier.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Danie…Published on 1 month ago
A case for Dr. Hickam
Episode 261
TWiP solves the case of the pregnant woman from Tanzania with dehydration and 3 weeks of bloody stool, a situation that would confuse Ockam but not Dr. Hickam.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griff…Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Daily rhythms
Episode 260
TWiP explains how circadian clocks of parasite and vector circadian mediate efficient malaria transmission.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina NaulaSubscribe (free): Apple Podc…
Published on 2 months ago
Know your knowlesi
Episode 259
TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with daily fevers and shaking chills, and serve a new clinical puzzle for you to solve.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The deeper, the rounder
Episode 258
TWiP describes how a gut commensal protozoan influences respiratory disease outcomes by shaping pulmonary immunity, and body shape variation in lice that parasitize diving hosts.
Hosts: Vincent Raca…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Malaya and Malaysia
Episode 257
TWiP solves the case of the man in the Malaysian city of Kucheng who presents with left arm swelling, and presents a new case for you to decipher.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Chris…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago
Amazing antimalarial drug resistance
Episode 256
TWiP explains a study that carries out selection of Plasmodium falciparum in the presence of inhibitors to identify determinants of drug resistance, and a paleoparasitological analysis of a 5th–16th …
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Katayama fever
Episode 255
Michelle Labrunda joins TWiP to solve the case of the Georgian in Guinea with fever and dry cough, and describe a new case for you to solve.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina N…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago