This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 101: Is it round or is it flat?


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Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

The doctors TWiP solve the case of the Woman with White Worms, and explain the role of a secreted growth factor from a carcinogenic parasite in wound healing and angiogenesis.

 

Links for this episode:
  • Wound healing growth factor from carcinogenic parasite (PLoS Path)
  • Opisthorchis (CDC)
  • Opisthorchis life cycle (CDC)
  • Image credit
  • Letters read on TWiP 101
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    Ramon - Ancient Rome was infested with parasites

    Case study for TWiP 101

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