Roundworms, also known as nematodes, infect an estimated 2 billion humans in tropical and developing countries, inflicting symptoms ranging from intestinal discomfort to mental retardation to ...

In humans, he said, a major unanswered question is what effect silencing hindering apoB would have on fat remodeling in the liver and the intestine. The new research finds that at least in nematodes, ...

Over one billion people, including 880 million children, are infected with intestinal nematode worms, such as roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms, according to the World Health Organization. The ...

Hookworm infections in humans are caused by two important species of nematode parasites (a type of a roundworm), Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus. A much larger group of hookworms that ...