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

Tapeworms are parasitic flatworms that can live in the intestines of animals and humans. You can get infected with a tapeworm ...

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

Holly is a graduate medical biochemist with an enthusiasm for making science interesting, fun and accessible. We know that tapeworms have been upsetting stomachs for at least 99 million years ...

It’s the medical innovation that no one asked for. Scientists have just created a synthetic version of a tapeworm’s tiny hook-filled head—a perhaps unnerving invention that might actually ...

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