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Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.
Download TWiP #71 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).
Links for this episode:
Strongyloides stercoralis (TWiP #71)
Urocanic acid is a S. stercoralis chemoattractant (PNAS)
Chemical trails of parasites (PNAS)
Urocanic acid (Wikipedia)
Candiru (Wikipedia)
Your Inner Fish (PBS)
Letters read on TWiP 71
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Vincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode Strongyloides stercoralis.
Download TWiP #71 (60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).
Links for this episode:
Strongyloides stercoralis (TWiP #71)
Urocanic acid is a S. stercoralis chemoattractant (PNAS)
Chemical trails of parasites (PNAS)
Urocanic acid (Wikipedia)
Candiru (Wikipedia)
Your Inner Fish (PBS)
Letters read on TWiP 71
Contact
Send your questions and comments (email or mp3 file) to [email protected]
Subscribe
Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, by the RSS feed or by email
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