TWiP #5 - The nurse cell

This Week in Parasitism - En podcast af Vincent Racaniello

Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species. Host links: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier Links for this episode: Infective muscle larva (jpg) Schematic of a larva invading a muscle cell Nurse cell formation (scroll down the page) Dickson's gallery of Trichinella images Electron micrographs of stichocytes Weekly Science Picks Dickson Every Living Thing by Rob Dunn

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