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.
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TWiP 43: Two remarkable host-parasite conflicts
Vincent and Dickson review how sickle cell microRNAs contribute to malaria resistance, and inhibition of innate immune responses by an enzyme from trypanosomes.
Links for this episode:- microRNAs involved in sickle cell resistance to Plasmodium (Cell Host Microbe)
- Trypanosome adenylate cyclases modulate innate immune response (Science)
- Letters read on TWiP 43
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