Could brain parasites be used to treat cognitive disorders?
Scientists have invented a new way to deliver treatment into the brain using a parasite. The study – led by the…
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Gut inflammation caused by substance secreted by microbe
A rare subtype of the world’s most common parasite, Blastocystis, has been found to produce a unique by-product of its…
Malaria: This parasite will self-destruct
This parasite will self-destruct: researchers discover new weapon against drug-resistant malaria: A new method to combat malaria which sees the…
How Malaria Parasite Grows and Multiplies
Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how the parasite that causes malaria is able to multiply at such…
Canine lungworm doubles in four years
Lungworm in dogs, caused by the nematode parasite Angiostrongylus Vasorum, has been steadily increasing in prevalence since the first case was…
How malaria invades red blood cells
How do malaria parasites invade human red blood cells where they multiply and cause infection? And can we use this knowledge…
Beware of bilharzia
Thinking of travelling to Africa for work or pleasure this summer? Better read up schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia or snail fever,…