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This Week in Parasitism

Vincent Racaniello

TWiP 254: Our hero Dickson

MAR 9, 202560 MIN
This Week in Parasitism

TWiP 254: Our hero Dickson

MAR 9, 202560 MIN

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TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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TWiP explains a study which finds that tissue spaces are reservoirs of antigenic diversity for Trypanosoma brucei, then remembers our departed colleague Dickson Despommier.

Hosts: Vincent RacanielloDaniel Griffin, and Christina Naula

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Music by Ronald Jenkees