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To ensure successful transmission and establish chronic infection, parasites must evade the host's immune system and delay the development of immunity. Maria Yazdanbakhsh and David Sacks discuss ...

The Museum's SCAN collection is the world's largest store of schistosomiasis material. It contains snails, larvae and schistosome worms, allowing scientists to learn more about the life cycles of ...

Apr. 8, 2025 — Ecologists are investigating the decline of insect populations in the world's tropical forests. Insects, the most abundant and diverse group of animals on Earth, are experiencing ...

Never mind allergies, scientists are investigating the more dramatic theory that parasitic worms could improve the symptoms of or even ... It isn't a pleasant role, but parasites are sometimes called ...

The compounds stall the unique metabolic process that worms use to survive in the human gut ... Infection by these parasites leads to malaise, weakness, malnutrition and other debilitating ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists at James Cook University in Cairns have discovered how toxins from stonefish could be ...