New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics
Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormousCredit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global ...
Tag: Parasitology
How to become ‘ant-i-social’
Study shows erosion of ant genome tied to loss of functional, behavioral and social traits in 3 inquiline speciesCredit: Martin ...
How plankton hold secrets to preventing pandemics
Credit: Tara Stewart Merrill Whether it's plankton exposed to parasites or people exposed to pathogens, a host's initial immune response ...
Ticking upward: MU researcher studies rise of tick-borne diseases in Midwest
Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - When Ram Raghavan heard from a former colleague at the Centers for Disease ...
Soybean cyst nematode is the most damaging soybean pathogen–and it’s rapidly spreading
Credit: Christopher Marett and Gregory Tylka The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pathogen of soybean in the ...
200-year old poop shows rural elites in New England had parasitic infections
Study Finds Parasites in Fecal Samples from the 1830s-1840s in Privy on Dartmouth's CampusCredit: Images by Theresa Gildner. In the ...
Branching worm with dividing internal organs growing in sea sponge
International research team including Göttingen University first to describe tree-like internal anatomy of symbiotic worm and spongeCredit: Ponz-Segrelles & Glasby ...
Collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation to jump-start search for new malaria drugs
Credit: WEHI, Australia Potential new antimalarial drug candidates are being developed through an extended drug-discovery collaboration between Australian medical research ...
Nearly half a million dollars to fund a research chair to ensure food safety and quality
Funding for a new research chair directed by INRS Professor Monique LacroixCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) What are the antimicrobial effects ...
Monkeys are less cuddly with each other when dealing with an infection, study finds
Credit: Purdue University photo/Brandi Wren Brandi Wren was studying social distancing and infections before masking tape marks appeared on the ...
Announcing the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award Winners
Credit: BioOne WASHINGTON, D.C. -- BioOne (about.BioOne.org) is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 BioOne Ambassador Award. These ...
Worm infestation in intestine has a remote effect on viral defenses
Helminths impair immune response in the female genital tract, study by Universities of Cape Town and Bonn showsCredit: © Pia ...
Conservationists may be unintentionally spreading pathogens between threatened animal populations
Credit: David Aldridge Moving endangered species to new locations is often used as part of species conservation strategies, and can ...
Brain disease transmitted by tick bites may be treatable
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease just as nasty as it sounds. Once ...
New wasp species discovered in Norway
A brand new species of parasitic cuckoo wasp was discovered based on its clever use of pheromonesCredit: Photo: Arnstein Staverløkk, ...
Mysteries of malaria infections deepen after human trial study
Scientists have discovered that tracking malaria as it develops in humans is a powerful way to detect how the malaria ...
What is killing bald eagles in the U.S.?
Credit: Susan Wilde Bald eagles, as well as other wildlife, have been succumbing to a mysterious neurodegenerative disease in the ...
Arsenal used by parasite to affect cellular defense and enhance leishmaniasis is revealed
Group affiliated with a FAPESP-supported research center showed that the parasite blocks the action of an enzyme using autophagyCredit: Renan ...
New discoveries on deadly fungus – might be a key for treatment
Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper, University of Jena Aspergillus fumigatus kills as many people as malaria and tuberculosis, but is less known. ...
Dogs infected with Leishmania parasites smell more attractive to female sand flies
Credit: Monica E. Staniek Dogs infected with the Leishmania parasite smell more attractive to female sand flies than males, say ...
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