This Week in Microbiology

TWiM #30: Unraveling melioidosis and insulin resistance

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Created on Wednesday, 04 April 2012 19:11

Written by Vincent Racaniello

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, and Michael Schmidt.

On episode #30 of the podcast, Vincent, Elio, and Michael review how a toxin from Burkholderia pseudomallei inhibits protein synthesis, and the role of the gut microbiome in modulating insulin resistance in mice lacking an innate immune sensor.

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Links for this episode:

• Inhibition of translation by a B. pseudomallei toxin (Science)
• Melioidosis (CDC)
• Defusing the Vietnam time bomb (EurekAlert!)
• Insulin resistance, gut microbiota, and TLR2 (PLoS Biology)
• Letters read on TWiM #30

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