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TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you

TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you

FromThis Week in Parasitism


TWiP 73: I'm nibbling my way back to you

FromThis Week in Parasitism

ratings:
Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Vincent and Dickson discuss how nibbling of human cells by Entamoeba histolytica, a process called amoebic trogocytosis, contributes to cell killing and tissue invasion.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:

Trogocytosis by E. histolytica (Nature)
Trogocytosis
Entamoeba histolytica (TWiP 17)
Entamoeba histolytica life cycle (jpg)
Image: E. histolytica nibbling a green cell (credit)
Letters read on TWiP 73

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Released:
Jun 13, 2014
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TWiP is a monthly netcast about eukaryotic parasites. Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier, science Professors from Columbia University, deconstruct parasites, how they cause illness, and how you can prevent infections.