Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, and Daniel Griffin

The doctors TWiP solve the case of the Woman with White Worms, and explain the role of a secreted growth factor from a carcinogenic parasite in wound healing and angiogenesis.

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Wound healing growth factor from carcinogenic parasite (PLoS Path)
Opisthorchis (CDC)
Opisthorchis life cycle (CDC)
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