TWiP 71: Happy trails to you
Hosts:\xa0Vincent Racaniello\xa0and\xa0Dickson Despommier
\nVincent and Dickson review the finding that urocanic acid in the skin is a chemoattractant for the parasitic nematode\xa0Strongyloides stercoralis.
\nDownload\xa0TWiP #71\xa0(60 MB .mp3, 84 minutes).
\nLinks for this episode:\n- \n
- Strongyloides stercoralis\xa0(TWiP #71) \n
- Urocanic acid\xa0is a\xa0S. stercoralis\xa0chemoattractant (PNAS) \n
- Chemical trails\xa0of parasites (PNAS) \n
- Urocanic acid\xa0(Wikipedia) \n
- Candiru\xa0(Wikipedia) \n
- Your Inner Fish\xa0(PBS) \n
- Letters read\xa0on TWiP 71 \n
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