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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episode 171: Better than a sharp stick in the eye
The Leishmaniacs solve the case of the Child With Band Keratopathy, and reveal a eukaryotic parasite with functional mitochondria but without mitochondrial genomes.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin
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Links for this episode:- Elmer Pfefferkorn, 87
- Eukaryotic parasite without mitochondrial genomes (Sci Adv)
- Hero: Charles Wardell Stiles
- Letters read on TWiP 171
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