Tue, 13 December 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss control of malaria and filariasis with the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia. |
Thu, 24 November 2011
Vincent and Dickson review an in silico pipeline for identifying molecular mimicry candidate proteins in the genomes of parasites, and catch up on listener email. |
Tue, 8 November 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss immune evasion by the cruzain protease of T. cruzi, and novel tetraspanin antigens of S. japonicum. |
Thu, 20 October 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss the promising results of a phase III trial of a malaria vaccine in African children. |
Thu, 15 September 2011
Vincent and Dickson have a broad-ranging conversation with Charles Knirsch of Pfizer, Inc. about how public-private partnerships can function to control and eliminate infectious diseases. |
Tue, 23 August 2011
Vincent and Dickson converse with Peter Hotez about global health, vaccinology, and neglected tropical diseases. |
Tue, 26 July 2011
Vincent and Dickson discuss medical entomology with Robert W. Gwadz, Assistant Chief of the Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research at NIAID. |
Wed, 22 June 2011
Vincent and Dickson continue their discussion of trematodes, or flukes, which have a snail as a reservoir host. |
Fri, 27 May 2011
Vincent and Dickson take on the schistosomes, agents of a series of related diseases in humans referred to as schistosomiasis. |
Wed, 27 April 2011
Vincent and Dickson review Wuchereria bancrofti, the nematode that causes lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis. |