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Brian makes this comment

Thu May 2 20:44:29 2013

Hi again. I really like this podcast. I just came home from Thailand with a stomach bug that everyone around me (none of which are trained medical professionals of course) believes is giardia, so of course I listened to that episode first. Anyway, as awesome and inclusive as this episode was in terms of defining and classifying parasites no plant parasites were mentioned! Of course I know that this is primarily a medical podcast, but it would've been neat to hear a sentence or 2 about the fact that plants can also act as parasites (e.g. the hemiparasitic genus Pedicularis). I'm grateful for this free entry into the world of parasites, thanks so much.

Ariel Galil makes this comment

on TWiM #46: Spore!

Mon Jan 14 09:04:03 2013

Great episode, that was interesting. +1 for an episode about Archea.

Jennifer D Jurado makes this comment

on TWiM #47: Resistance on the surface

Thu Dec 27 18:16:47 2012

hello, I apologize for responding so late, just heard the show today. With Copper being a rather expen$ive commodity, I'm sure many facilities would find it hard to replace a lot of the stainless steel surfaces in hospitals. Did the scientist conducting these experiments consider collaborations with or consult metallurgist, to maybe test or determine a significant amount of copper in a sort of conglomerate metal?

Alice makes this comment

on TWiM #39: What Darwin never knew

Sat Aug 18 14:13:47 2012

Really interisting episode. Directly baught the book from Amazon.

Liesbeth makes this comment

on TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

Thu Aug 16 12:33:53 2012

Thank you guys! =)

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

Thu Aug 16 02:04:37 2012

Sorry about the link error, Liesbeth it's fixed now.

Len makes this comment

on TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

Thu Aug 16 00:16:23 2012

Liesbeth, he just put the wrong link above. You can find a link to ep. 42's MP3 file in the RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/parasitism

Liesbeth makes this comment

on TWiP 42: The tick keeps on ticking

Mon Aug 13 21:45:34 2012

Dear Vince, I believe you uploaded TWiP #41 instead of #42!! (yeah, I had to settle on music today...) Cheers, Liz.-

Daniel Elleder makes this comment

on TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts

Thu Aug 9 20:47:12 2012

Great discussion. One note: the link for the West Nile Story kindle book does not work.

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts

Tue Aug 7 21:38:07 2012

I agree, Liesbeth! Some day!

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on Herpetic Legion - Reactivation

Sun Jul 29 14:22:08 2012

I can't believe anyone would rate this performance other than 5 stars. Whether or not you like the music, you have to give 8 scientists a lot of credit for getting up in front of a crowd and performing - not giving a talk but playing music.

Liesbeth makes this comment

on TWiP 41: Flying and crawling beasts

Thu Jun 28 01:00:01 2012

TVIPs should always have explanatory videos! =)

Jimmy Pryor makes this comment

on TWiP 39 Letters

Mon Jun 18 23:06:41 2012

In regards to the comments concerning how human/Neandertal contact may have affect each species, this article which appeared in Science Magazine: The Shaping of Modern Human Immune Systems by Multiregional Admixture with Archaic Humans, Vol 334 7 October 2011, suggests that humans benefitted greatly. Apparently, we picked up alleles that strengthened our immune system. http://www.sciencemag.org/content/334/6052/89.abstract?sid=63979397-4ff4-4778-b1be-3c595c0506f1

Diane Henry makes this comment

on TWiM 34: Doing the DISCO with Emiliania

Wed Jun 13 16:31:18 2012

This was a wonderful episode! Emilio's background information about E. hux and diatoms etc was vital to my understanding of the episode, and not only that, I was filled with wonder and amazement at the thought that blooms of these tiny creatures are visible from space. And that they can affect climate! Thank you for blowing my mind today!

Robert S. makes this comment

on TWiP 39: I encyst, said the amoeba

Mon Apr 30 14:37:42 2012

It's not central to the podcast, but the cornea is much much thicker than just 2 cells. The cornea's thickness is around 570 μm, the epithelial layer on the surface is about 50μm (7+ cell layers). If I remember correctly it is the layer of collagen under the epithelial layer that when damaged causes a lot of the neovascularization and scarring associated with infections and mechanical damage, but that's remembering a primer from quite a long time ago.

malek sallam makes this comment

on TWiP 3: Trichinella spiralis

Mon Feb 13 12:13:29 2012

That was great thank you

malek sallam makes this comment

on TWiP 2: General parasitism

Mon Feb 13 11:05:12 2012

Thanks for the great episode.. I just want to sat that IgA molecule could not activate the complement system (in contrast to IgM and IgG) hence the complement system does not work efficiently in the lumen of the gut although there is little secretory IgM and IgG.

malek sallam makes this comment

on TWiP 1: Introduction to Parasitism

Mon Feb 13 09:01:04 2012

Thank you very much

Joanne Drayson makes this comment

on TWiM 25 Letters

Thu Jan 26 10:05:50 2012

Jim things have moved on considerably since the documentary was made. The science is still evolving to support the views of ILADS and contradict the narrow views of the IDSA which currently dictates treatment World wide. Last year the institute of Medicine held a Workshop still available on their website, about Lyme disease and other tick borne illnesses- they found significant gaps remain in the science, so far too soon to be dictating restricted guidelines as per iDSA. Possibly the most significant research was that by Embers, Barthold et al http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0029914 Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Rhesus Macaques following Antibiotic Treatment of Disseminated Infection Don't remember seeing this much on the internet yet although it was published 11th January 2012

Raphael Fernandez makes this comment

on TWiP 33: Hide and seek

Thu Dec 1 12:56:11 2011

The acronym "CPC" which you mentioned in the first few minutes of the podcast is for "Clinico-Pathologic Conference."

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiP 33: Hide and seek

Wed Nov 30 22:27:28 2011

TWiP #33 is unusually popular - I wonder why?

A Listener makes this comment

on TWiP 33: Hide and seek

Thu Nov 24 22:21:18 2011

I'd like to hear you both talk about demodex folliculorum, also known as the bug that lives in your eyelash follicles.

Bose makes this comment

on TWiV 155 Letters

Tue Nov 1 03:54:54 2011

This was beautiful and very thought-provoking. Thanks for the share this letters.

Joanne Drayson makes this comment

on TWiM 18 Letters

Thu Oct 20 10:58:05 2011

Tim So much is known about Borrelia but ignored lectures by Microbiologist Tom Grier can be found on my blog but too long to post here. He explains reasons why Microbiologists are not finding Borrelia by modern techniques and also talks about work done by Miklossy and Paschner finding Lyme on the brain (part 4 of his lectures) In Paschner's mouse model 20 years ago the strain injected in the tail of the mouse had morphed within 4 weeks and was different from what was harvested from the brain of the mouse.

jim makes this comment

on TWiM #9: Bean sprouts and E. coli O104:H4

Sat Jul 30 22:00:35 2011

This site, http://ascr-discovery.science.doe.gov/synchronized/magellan1.shtml , discusses the role the US Department of Energy had in this research.

Ray Ortega makes this comment

on Dr. Kiki's Science Hour Guest Vincent Racaniello

Thu Jul 28 15:09:16 2011

Sweet. You get to be in the new studio today!...sort of

Have a great episode!

Greg makes this comment

on TWiV 129: We've got mail

Mon Jul 11 03:18:21 2011

So many links! i am loving it! Its going to take me a week to go through all of these. San Francisco Spa San Francisco Dentist

Cesar Sanchez makes this comment

on TWiM #8: Live in NOLA

Sat Jun 4 21:30:33 2011

It's a shame I couldn't stay to the end of the show, there were more talks starting at 3pm! I'm sure we'll meet some other time. Cheers!

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiM #8: Live in NOLA

Fri Jun 3 21:31:16 2011

Hello Twisted Bacteria - you should have come up afterwards and said hello. Would have loved to meet you. Thanks for coming - Vincent.

Cesar Sanchez makes this comment

on TWiM #8: Live in NOLA

Fri Jun 3 07:30:32 2011

I was among the 'crowd' in the room watching the show at the ASM meeting. Listening to the podcast is great, but actually seeing how they do it is even better! Keep the good work!

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiV 135: Live in the Big Easy

Wed Jun 1 13:57:25 2011

I am always curious about why someone would vote a TWiV episode only one star. If you have a specific problem with the episode, please leave a comment so that we can improve it in future episodes.

Felix makes this comment

on TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

Wed May 18 16:35:56 2011

@Chris, Fixed! I unsubscribed in iTunes, deleted the previous downloaded episode and then resubscribed. Thanks

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

Wed May 18 13:19:08 2011

@Felix - Okay, a new version has been uploaded to our content delivery network. I tested it out in iTunes and it works for me (so did the last one BTW). Please let me know if you have any issues with it. Also, you should unsubscribe to TWiP and then re-subscribe to download the new version.

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

Tue May 17 18:26:20 2011

It will happen this evening.

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

Tue May 17 18:24:10 2011

A new version of this file be uploaded shortly. I'll report back here when it's complete.

Felix makes this comment

on TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

Tue May 17 09:19:47 2011

The same truncated version has also downloaded through iTunes!

Felix makes this comment

on TWiP 25: Wuchereria bancrofti

Sun May 15 15:49:50 2011

The MP3 doesn't seem to download correctly - only 12.2MB download (26 minutes) whereas site says size it is 32MB.

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiV 126: Wart's up, doc?

Fri Apr 1 16:14:32 2011

Good to hear that. We'll have her back for a general TWiV discussion.

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiV 126: Wart's up, doc?

Tue Mar 29 13:24:31 2011

Michelle Ozbun was great to listen to. I think she's worthy of being TWiV's 5th wheel

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiP 21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides

Mon Mar 28 14:51:49 2011

Hello, contact Vincent Racaniello here about the use of images that have been posted in the TWiP posts. If you use the search function on this site you will be able to find images with their specific copyright designations. In most cases (with the exception of images in the public domain) you should contact the author of the image for their usage in a book since it is ultimately for commercial purposes.

JUNHO JUNG makes this comment

on TWiP 21 - The giant intestinal worm, Ascaris lumbricoides

Mon Mar 28 09:26:59 2011

thanks for this great podcast there are not many chance to hear about parasites I'm currently writing a book about parasites in korea and I wonder if I could use some of the images in this site for my book thank you very much

Richard Condit makes this comment

on TWiP 6: Tapeworms, the long and short of it

Wed Feb 2 03:20:22 2011

I did NOT know that Florida was the second most productive cattle state in the union. When I heard I nearly fell off my bike.

David Bond makes this comment

on TWiP 16: Giardia

Mon Dec 20 08:34:29 2010

have you ever looked into Giardia and it's links with cancer ?, as i may have some thing that could interest you.

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiP 19: Enterobius vermicularis, the pinworm

Mon Nov 22 17:45:07 2010

Great show!

A Listener makes this comment

on TWiP 17: Entamoeba histolytica

Sun Oct 10 01:47:03 2010

When you were talking about acid hydrolase it reminded me of an old Saturday Night Live Sketch called "Josh Acid" starring Mel Gibson. So I had to draw a quick cartoon: http://i.imgur.com/tEbin.jpg

ish makes this comment

on TWiP 14 Letters

Thu Aug 12 03:03:38 2010

Everybody its Vincent Rakenalo(sorry if i mispelled) This is twiv your weekly dose of virology. I love listening to your podcast very much and love to thank for this. Dont we have podocats on bacteria...like twiv, twip? Thank you Ish,EVEREST

Chris Carter makes this comment

on TWiV 94 Letters

Sun Aug 8 23:12:46 2010

The XMRV virus is undoubtedly implicated in chronic fatigue. Its proteins are similar to those of the mitochondrial respiration and energy generating system, and antibodies to the virus will also target these important human proteins. Even if the virus has been successfully eliminated, antibodies will continue to encounter the human homologues, driving an autoimmune response that effectively knocks out the mitochondrial energy generating system, and makes you tired and fatigued.

Chris Carter makes this comment

on Publication of XMRV papers should not be blocked

Fri Aug 6 03:47:03 2010

This has been rejected by Nature, Science, and the European Journal of Immunology where, in all cases, it didn't even make it past the editors !

Chris Carter makes this comment

on Publication of XMRV papers should not be blocked

Fri Aug 6 03:36:53 2010

Some of the proteins that make up the XMRV virus closely ressemble human proteins that are involved in mitochondrial respiration and energy generation and they are also similar to proteins involved in prostate cancer.The viral proteins are immunogenic, and antibodies against the virus will also target the similar human proteins. Even if the immune system deals with and eliminates the virus, these antibodies will continue meeting the human proteins, sustaining an autoimmune response that keeps on targeting the energy and cancer related areas. This may explain the controversy over the presence and absence of XMRV in different studies. The virus doesn't need to be there, it just needs to have been there.

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiP 9: Mala aria

Mon May 10 16:11:36 2010

We answered this in TWiP 9. According to Dickson: none.

A Listener makes this comment

on TWiP 9: Mala aria

Fri May 7 15:04:21 2010

I'm curious, if a tiger eats a human, what kind of tapeworm would the tiger get?

Vincent Racaniello makes this comment

on TWiP 8: Frog legs and parasite tales

Sat Apr 24 11:51:58 2010

Miso, thanks for your comments. Glad you liked this slightly different episode. We'll aim to do the same with TWiV. As for TWiB - stay tuned; it's in the planning stages.

Miso Beno makes this comment

on TWiP 8: Frog legs and parasite tales

Fri Apr 23 22:03:36 2010

Anecdote shows like this one add a human spin on the study of parasite and parasitism. I really enjoyed this week's show and would love to hear shows like this on a weekly basis. (I'd like to hear some TWiVs that are in the same vein as well.) On a slightly unrelated I would also subscribe to a TWiB if it became available. Though I have no educational experience in the field of microbiology outside of what I have learned through the internet and in my high school biology courses I find your shows completely irresistible. Your podcasts make me want to shift my undergraduate program from my generic liberal arts degree to hard science.

Sarah Lang makes this comment

on TWiP 6: Tapeworms, the long and short of it

Thu Apr 8 00:24:04 2010

Finally got to sit down and listen to this one I loved it. I listen to a lot (and I mean a lot) of science podcasts and I have to say that TWiP is my new favorite. Yay tapeworms! Hopefully the next one is coming sooner, rather than later???

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiV 76: XMRV with Professor Stephen Goff

Tue Apr 6 13:33:08 2010

Thanks Vincent for another interesting interview. If you are reading this and would like to know the latest on XMRV research please listen to this well rounded conversation on the topic. Stephen Goff does a great job on discussing the potential links between XMRV, prostate cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Richard Simpson makes this comment

on XMRV not detected in UK chronic fatigue syndrome patients

Mon Jan 11 17:18:45 2010

"This study did not duplicate the rigorous scientific techniques used by WPI, the National Cancer Institute and the Cleveland Clinic, therefore it cannot be considered a replication study nor can the results claim to be anything other than a failure not just to detect XMRV, but also a failure to suggest meaningful results." http://www.wpinstitute.org/news/docs/WPI_Erlwein_010610.pdf

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on A broader-spectrum antiviral?

Tue Nov 10 15:04:32 2009

FYI - You need a paid subscription to Science to access this article.

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on TWiV 52: Scott Hammer, MD on AIDS vaccines

Fri Oct 9 10:51:09 2009

Thank you for the Scott Hammer interview. This was really enlightening in regards to the potential impact of the Thai HIV clinical trial success.

Chris Condayan makes this comment

on Personal protective equipment and influenza

Thu Aug 13 19:31:46 2009

Not being an expert in respirators, are there any options other than the N95 studied that offer protection against influenza? Or, in other words, what should a discerning consumer look for in a protective "surgical type" mask if they want to protect themselves from exposure or from exposing others?(I assume the masks work both ways?)

David Watts makes this comment

on TWiV 40: Tamiflu in the water

Wed Jul 15 00:19:03 2009

Thanks for the kind words and the plug. I would love it if your listeners started submitting stories for TWiV via MicrobeWorld by tagging the article with TWiV.

Ray Ortega makes this comment

on TWiV 37: Open Access

Wed Jun 24 20:23:40 2009

Open access debate was great. So important to make all that amazing content available to the people who could really use it but are least likely to afford it...students. Although I do realize that it's difficult because these journals are very expensive to produce so it's not as much of a no-brainer as it appears on the surface. That said, "open" is the future of media. Ad models/sponsorship will need to be embraced strongly.

David Watts makes this comment

on TWiV 37: Open Access

Wed Jun 24 14:30:41 2009

Vincent and Allen, I loved the discussion on open access and the email's were fantastic. I think the one listener is correct in that you truly do walk the fine line between layman and researcher and some how manage to keep all interested and involved.

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