In a 2014 Nature paper, Ralston described this awkward process — trogocytosis, or “cell nibbling.” It was a revelation at the ...

Aspergillus species are "widespread environmental saprotrophs" that can cause severe infections in humans, livestock, and plants.

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

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

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

An investigation by researchers from the Department of Parasitology at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has uncovered ...

Public health officials are examining cases of cryptosporidium linked to contact with animals at a Welsh farm's calf and lamb feeding sessions - with 16 people hospitalised so far ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a single-cell parasite that causes intestinal disease, but sometimes invades the ... of Entamoeba and now proposes a strategy to learn how it attacks human cells and evade the ...

mattheei, a livestock parasite, as well as evidence that S. mattheei had mixed with S. mansoni, the species normally associated with human intestinal infection. These findings offer new insight ...

Cryptosporidium is an intestinal parasite and one of the leading causes ... it interacts with human proteins that are responsible for maintaining structure and regulating cellular projections ...

Parasites live in and feed on human blood, tissues ... spread by the ascaris intestinal worm. You're most likely to encounter parasites in tropical and subtropical developing countries.

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 ...