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TWiP 71: Happy trails to you
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Length:
84 minutes
Released:
May 10, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.
Download TWiP #71 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).
Links for this episode:
Strongyloides stercoralis (TWiP #71)
Urocanic acid is a S. stercoralis chemoattractant (PNAS)
Chemical trails of parasites (PNAS)
Urocanic acid (Wikipedia)
Candiru (Wikipedia)
Your Inner Fish (PBS)
Letters read on TWiP 71
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
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Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.
Download TWiP #71 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).
Links for this episode:
Strongyloides stercoralis (TWiP #71)
Urocanic acid is a S. stercoralis chemoattractant (PNAS)
Chemical trails of parasites (PNAS)
Urocanic acid (Wikipedia)
Candiru (Wikipedia)
Your Inner Fish (PBS)
Letters read on TWiP 71
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to twip@twiv.tv
Subscribe
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
Released:
May 10, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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