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TWiM #165: Pumping Copper
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Length:
63 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
The TWiM team discusses the use of copper on exercise weights to reduce bacterial burden, and the mechanism of antigenic variation by which a fungus that causes severe pneumonia escapes the immune system. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michael Schmidt, and Michele Swanson Links for this episode: Reducing bacteria on exercise weights with copper (Am J Inf Contr) Antigenic variation in Pneumocystis jirovecii (mBio) Letters read on TWiM 165
Released:
Nov 30, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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