Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

“You could see little parts of the human cell being broken off,” Ralston said of her very first encounter with the parasite.

Hundreds of parasites have the ability to infect humans, including lice, mites and ticks. However, parasite cleanses ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

Certain parasites are more harmful to humans than others. "Some, such as malaria, can be deadly without prompt diagnosis and treatment," Hochman says. "Others, such as parasites that reside in our ...

A team of researchers at Texas A&M University and the University of Georgia (UGA) has received more than $4 million from ...

Ten thousand New Zealanders may have lost vision – sometimes permanently – because of toxoplasmosis, an infection triggered ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that ...

The research, the teams said, could pave the way for new treatments to stop the parasite once and for all. Image shared on the UCDAVIS website shows E. histolytica (green) attacking human T-cells ...