Listen "TWiP #8 - Frog legs and parasite tales"
Episode Synopsis
Dickson reads his story about sparganosis caused by the diphyllobothroid tapeworm Spirometra mansonoides.
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
Spirometra life cycle (jpg)
Dickson on vertical farming (CNN episode on YouTube, thanks Jesse!)
Laboratory identification of parasites (CDC, thanks Michael!)
Gold nanoparticles take out brain parasite (Cosmos Magazine, thanks Gary!)
Letters read on TWiP 8
Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier
Links for this episode:
Spirometra life cycle (jpg)
Dickson on vertical farming (CNN episode on YouTube, thanks Jesse!)
Laboratory identification of parasites (CDC, thanks Michael!)
Gold nanoparticles take out brain parasite (Cosmos Magazine, thanks Gary!)
Letters read on TWiP 8
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