A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated. The map contains the most ...

In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism that helps regulate the immune system’s response to helminth infection.

The pandemic certainly altered the film business, but a few weeks before the world came to a standstill, the Korean film Parasite's unprecedented success at the Oscars inspired even greater change.

Parasitic diseases such as malaria, schistosomiasis, and toxoplasmosis are major global health concerns, exacerbated by the rising prevalence of ...

Everything about Parasite’s story of the poor Kim family conning their way into the lives of those above them (both figuratively and literally) in the Korean social strata still works ...

High blood pressure affects multiple organs. Not only can hypertension add stress to the heart and damage arteries, leading to heart disease, but it also can cause strokes and kidney disease as ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — Women who have experienced pregnancy complications have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study shows that sisters of women with complicated pregnancies are ...

Researchers at the (Belgium) have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that regulates the immune response against parasites.

Lung diseases are some of the most common medical conditions in the world. Tens of millions of people have lung disease in the U.S. alone. Smoking, infections, and genes cause most lung diseases.

“Australian Redclaw Crayfish can also carry Crayfish Plague as well as other parasites/diseases that could impact native crayfish.” The species was first spotted in the U.S. in 2013, and more ...