There are parasites all over the world that can infect humans. Some of them are easy to avoid, but others are more common ...

Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't ...

The findings open the door for new diagnostic, surgical tools. Ingestible devices are commonly used to study and treat ...

T he only fish species on the Great Barrier Reef to care for their offspring as juveniles has found a win-win approach to ...

Ingestible devices are often used to study and treat hard-to-reach tissues in the body. Swallowed in pill form, these ...

A study by School of Medicine researchers sheds new light on how Toxoplasma gondii parasites make the proteins they need to ...

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Parasitic diseases present a significant health challenge in Nigeria, where over 200 million people are at risk of ...

When did our human ancestors first decide that we needed to cover up and wear clothes? As strange as it may seem, lice may ...

Helminths are known for their remarkable ability to regulate host immune responses, a trait that has intrigued scientists for ...

Toxoplasma gondii parasites can use secreted factors to compensate for genetic defects in neighbouring parasites, highlighting a limitation of pooled CRISPR screens.

A McMaster researcher has uncovered evidence of intestinal parasites in a 500-year-old latrine from Bruges, Belgium, and ...