The paper «Ascaris exposure associated with lung function, asthma and DNA-methylation in Northern-Europe» was just published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study is a ...

THREADWORMS, roundworms and tapeworms, these tiny creatures are a leading cause of parasitic infection worldwide – setting up ...

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have discovered that Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt--a bacterium that produces natural protein insecticides that have been used by organic farmers ...

The world's first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered by researchers who detected a live eight-centimeter roundworm from a carpet python in the brain of a 64- year-old ...

LAS VEGAS — Some species of parasitic roundworms can catapult themselves high into the air to latch onto fruit flies and other insects. Experiments now reveal that leaping Steinernema carpocapsae ...

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An experimental drug developed by scientists in China appears to be effective in killing roundworms, a parasite that lurks in the intestines and which affects nearly two billion people in tropical ...

Researchers have discovered the world’s first case of a new human parasitic infection, pulling a live roundworm picked up from a carpet python from the brain of an Australian woman. They say the case ...

(Left:) Close-up of the parasites that infected a man after a kidney donation and caused bruising (right) on his stomach. A man who received a donated kidney returned to the hospital 10 weeks after ...

The world’s first case of a new parasitic infection in humans has been discovered by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) and the Canberra Hospital after they detected a live ...