Here are 10 parasites that can infect humans, and everything you need to know about them so you can avoid contracting one. Parasites are any organism that lives on or inside, or feeds on ...

Different types of intestinal worms may appear in human poop. These include pinworms, Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms, ...

The Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble discovered notable differences between the nuclear cap-binding complex in trypanosomes and humans, a critical component in cellular RNA metabolism. Trypanosomes ...

A new tablet being developed to cure intestinal worms has shown promising results in trials and could help eradicate the parasitic infection, which affects about 1.5 billion people globally ...

These parasites, which include various types of protozoa and helminths (worms), can be transmitted between animals and, in some cases, to humans. Recent research has focused on understanding the ...

“You can see what the parasites in a fish from 1888 were like.” Another parasitic worm, Clavinema mariae, which doesn't cause illness in humans, increased its numbers eight times in local ...