Researchers learn dangerous brain parasite ‘orders in’ for dinner
Credit: Indiana University Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered how a dangerous parasite maintains a steady supply ...
Tag: Parasitology
Looming insect invasion threatens California wine and avocados
UCR plans tiny wasp counterattackCredit: Stephen Asmus / USDA-ARS UC Riverside is testing whether a sesame seed-sized wasp can control ...
Once thought to be asexual, single-celled parasites caught in the act
Studying Leishmania parasites' offspring could lead to improved treatment for deadly infectionsCredit: Michael Worful Even single-celled organisms desire partners every ...
Expansion microscopy and virtual reality illuminate new ways to prevent and treat disease
Innovation enables better visualization and interpretation of data from cell microscopyCredit: Carnegie Mellon University/Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason A ...
Identification of protective antibodies may be key to effective malaria vaccine
An Oxford-led study has identified the antibodies that may hold the key to creating the first effective vaccine against malaria ...
New assay detects patients’ resistance to antimalarial drugs from a drop of blood
New technique simplifies detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and can provide critically important information quickly, even in resource limiting facilities, ...
Researchers determine ideal areas and timing for biological control of invasive stink bug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would ...
Researchers identify human protein that aids development of malaria parasite
Credit: Bando et al., 2019 Researchers in Japan have discovered that the Plasmodium parasites responsible for malaria rely on a ...
Clemson researchers gain ground in the race to cure widespread parasitic infection
Faculty-led team from Clemson University unveils new findingsCredit: College of Science / Jim Melvin CLEMSON, South Carolina - A faculty-led ...
Proteasome inhibitors show promise for drug-resistant malaria
Credit: Stokes, et al. (2019) Proteasome inhibitors have significant promise as components of novel combination therapies to treat multidrug-resistant malaria, ...
Danger avoidance can be genetically encoded for four generations, say Princeton biologists
A team of Princeton scientists found that learned behaviors in C. elegans can be conveyed through the germline for multiple ...
A new way to block malaria transmission by targeting young contagious parasite forms
In the new research titled "Naturally acquired immunity against immature Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes", published today in Science Translational Medicine, scientists ...
Researchers synthesize antimalaria molecules found in a fungus from Nunavut
Québec City, June 5, 2019-The solution to the problem of increasing drug resistance among malaria-causing parasites could come from the ...
A combination of insecticides and mite weakens honeybees
Credit: Geoffrey R. Williams The Western honeybee is the most important managed pollinator globally and has recently experienced unsustainably high ...