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 ...

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

But along the way she has uncovered surprises that may set the stage for improved treatments ... grow this parasite in the lab and years more for Ralston to discover how it bites human cells ...

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

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

A group of researchers has developed a new formulation for the only drug available on the market to treat helminths, as worms ...