Episode 7 of ASP Parasite Podcast: What’s eating you? is all about liver flukes and will drop in November 2025.

Our expert parasitologist is is Dr Michael Smout from James Cook University. Mic’s research has focused primarily on the search for carcinogenic molecules from the secretions of the human liver fluke Opisthorchis viverrinni – one of only three carcinogenic eukaryotic pathogens.

For this story, Mic will give us his expert opinion about liver flukes, wound healing peptides, the xWORM assay and future vaccine work.