Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than ...

Parasites are organisms that feed off their hosts for survival. Such parasitic creatures can cause mild to serious symptoms and, in some cases, fatal infections in their hosts. “Overall, parasites ...

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent ...

Mugwort and barberry extracts show promise against parasitic diseases Leishmania and Trichomonas. Lab tests reveal they kill ...

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, which scientists long viewed as evolutionarily neutral since vitamin C from ...

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona, have revealed that Leishmania adaptation is a consequence of ...

Mouse red blood cells infected with the parasite Babesia microti acquired the ability to move, offering new insight into host-pathogen interactions.

Schistosoma mansoni worms, the cause of schistosomiasis, a microscopic worm that plagues more than 200 million across the globe, are seen through a microscope at the lab of University of Georgia ...

Brazilian researchers have developed a synthetic compound that has the potential to treat malaria and block its transmission. The new molecule acts during three phases of the disease cycle, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of years ago, humans lost the ability to produce vitamin C, a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, new ...