Your gut is teeming with tiny single-celled parasites called Blastocystis. Gross, right? But a new study shows these gut parasites can be linked to a healthy diet. A study in the journal Cell has ...

A shocking new study shows that 90% of freshwater fish in Southern California may be carrying parasites that can infect ...

Blastocystis is a type of microscopic, single-cell microbe — microorganisms, such as bacteria — that lives in the guts of humans and non-human animals. As well as living in the gut, the ...

Some people claim a parasite cleanse of ... all the researchers agree that more research in humans is ... et al. (2017). Blastocystis: How do specific diets and human gut microbiota ...

Intestinal parasites are organisms that live in the human digestive system and derive nutrients at the host's expense. They can cause a range of health issues, including malnutrition, digestive ...

When tested on their own and in mice, these bacterial strains from the human microbiome show promise in accumulating PFAS ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea.

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until ...

Multiple types of intestinal parasites can infect human bodies, including tapeworms, pinworms, and hookworms. In recent years, the rope worm has been discussed as another potential intestinal ...

Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms.Many of them have even evolved sophisticated strategies to evade a host’s immune system by avoiding it entirely.

Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people.