159 - Parasites

On today’s episode: The second part of our chat about the amazingly successful journey that Integrity just went on with the Artemis 2 mission.CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwith ...  Show more

On today’s episode: We have a chat about the amazingly successful journey that Integrity just went on with the Artemis 2 mission.CREDITS:Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura ArmstrongBooking - September McCrady THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen https://twitter.com/KEYSwithSOULhttp://an ...  Show more

In this episode:00:48 A new way to grow a tricky parasite in the labToxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes the zoonotic disease toxoplasmosis, has a complex, multi-stage life cycle. Some of these stages will only grow in the intestines of cats, making it difficult to study. ...  Show more

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

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Last week, we talked about if eating papaya seeds could rid your body of parasites (spoiler: it can’t). But being concerned about having parasites is not new. We continue the conversation by looking into the phenomenon of Ekbom’s syndrome, or delusional parasitosis, a difficul ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between parasites and hosts, where one species lives on or in another to the benefit of the parasite but at a cost to the host, potentially leading to disease or death of the host. Typical examples are mistletoe and trees, hookworm ...  Show more