TWiP 245: Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot
Founder of Floating Doctors Ben LaBrot joins TWiP to solve the case of the 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection, followed by a discussion of the history and mission of Floating...
18 Okt 20241h 16min
TWiP 244: Engineering Toxoplasma
Lilach Sheiner joins TWiP to talk about her career and her work on engineering Toxoplasma gondii secretion systems for intracellular delivery of multiple large therapeutic proteins to neurons. Hosts: ...
5 Okt 202449min
TWiP 243: Don't blame it on Mexico
TWiP solves the case of the Woman with White Worms, and submits a new case involving a 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Dani...
20 Sep 20241h 6min
TWiP 242: Worms impair COVID vaccines
TWiP reviews a study showing that intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses through an IL-10 pathway, which compromised protection against antigenically drifted SARS-CoV-2...
6 Sep 202447min
TWiP 241: There once was a patient from China
19 Aug 20241h 14min
TWiP 240: A daily history of malaria with Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy joins TWiP to discuss his career and the work of his laboratory to assess the daily natural history of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in adults and older children in Katakwi, Uganda. H...
2 Aug 202457min
TWiP 239: Cryptosporidiosis from NYC tap water in an AIDS patient
TWiP solves the case of the AIDS patient who developed fever and watery diarrhea after drinking NYC tap water, and present a new case for your sleuthing. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Daniel Griffin S...
19 Juli 202430min
TWiP 238: Eliminating sleeping sickness
Michael Barrett joins TWiP to discuss progress in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense. Hosts: Daniel Griffin, Dickson Despommier and Christina Naula...
5 Juli 20241h 36min
