Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 11 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of malaria, with emphasis on clinical aspects of the disease. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP011.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 10 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP010.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at …
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 9 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson move on to protozoan parasites with a discussion of the early history of malaria.. [powerpress url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/twip/TWiP009.mp3″] Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for …
Biogen has announced that an anti-malaria compound may be useful for treating a brain infection, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), that is an adverse effect of the company’s multiple sclerosis/Crohn’s disease drug Tysabri. How does JC virus fit into this story? Tysabri is the trade name for Natalizumab, a monoclonal antibody against the cellular protein alpha-4 integrin. …
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In episode #24 of the podcast This Week in Virology, Vincent, Alan, and Hamish Young discuss bacteriophages in viral vaccines, enteroviruses and diabetes, inhibition of Hendra and Nipah virus replication by the malaria drug chloroquine, and viroids. Click the arrow above to play, or right-click to download TWiV #24 or subscribe in iTunes or by …
