TWiP #5 - The nurse cell - a podcast by 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

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