Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...
In the United States, the most well-known skin-penetrating parasitic worm, called a nematode, is the hookworm. But globally, ...
People are to be sent from Oxford to the Netherlands to be deliberately infected with a form of malaria so scientists can ...
The antiparasitic drugs ivermectin and fenbendazole are not currently recommended for cancer, but posts spread across social ...
Key takeawaysGlobally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, ...
With a warming climate comes the threat of expanding habitats for mosquitos that carry malaria, but researchers are using ...
Scientists suggest captive chimpanzees engage in 'socially contagious urination'—that is, when one primate starts peeing, others quickly follow suit ...
Mysterious Blobs Found inside Cells Are Rewriting the Story of How Life Works Tiny specks called biomolecular condensates are ...