Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly ...

Medically reviewed by Smita Patel, DO Parasitic infections can invade practically any part of the body. Brain parasites, ...

Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms, fleas, head lice or bed bugs are even mentioned. Coming across such ...

The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

And in most cases, the fish can continue to live and feed ... of the ant’s body—it manipulates rather than substitutes. These are ingenious strategies, but neither parasite actually becomes ...

Giardia parasites mimic human cell functions to break apart cells in the gut and feed inside, researchers found. This also allows bacteria already present in the body to join in and feed from the ...

Cancer is not a parasite — it grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another ... not the whole body, like in chemo." ...

All this means that scientists can study one animal, like the river otter, to learn about the other animals and parasites that live in the same area. This can help inform how to keep human food ...

CQ clears out resistant parasites less efficiently from the human body than sensitive (non-resistant ... resistant parasites survive in a host with intermediate drug concentration, and will ...

Parasites are often demonised and misunderstood. But the more we study these oddities and wonders of evolution, the more we appreciate their vital roles in ecosystems and our complex relationships ...