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TWiP 32: Evasive trypanosomes and schistosomes

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP032.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #32 (65 MB .mp3, 90 minutes). Please help us by taking our listener survey. Links for this episode: …

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TWiP 31: A malaria vaccine

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP031.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #31 (50 MB .mp3, 70 minutes). Links for this episode: First results of RTS,S/AS01 phase III trial (NEJM) Development …

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TWiP 30: Global infectious disease control with Charles Knirsch

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP030.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #30 (61 MB .mp3, 85 minutes). Links for this episode: Ivan’s images (one, two, three, …

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TWiP 29: Neglected tropical diseases with Peter Hotez

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP029.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #29 (47 MB .mp3, 65 minutes). Links for this episode: Peter Hotez (Wikipedia) Hotez going to Baylor The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier …

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TWiP 28: Medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode #28 of the podcast This Week in Parasitism, Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP028.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP #28 (65 MB .mp3, 91 minutes). Links for this …

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Dickson Despommier’s Parasitic Diseases lectures

Professor Dickson Despommier, co-host of TWiV and TWiP, and well known for his ideas about vertical farming, taught parasitology to medical, dental, and nursing students at Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons for 38 years. Below are videocasts of the six lectures from the final version of his course, Parasitic Diseases, which he taught …

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