Malaria parasites proliferate in an unusual way. Rather than dividing into two daughter cells like human cells, they first ...

Tiny white spots seen on the kidneys of several chicks helped steer the investigation.

A parasite carried by billions of people worldwide often causes harmful infections during pregnancy and in immunocompromised individuals and is a leading infectious cause of blindness in South America ...

Toxoplasma, face mites and pinworm live in most human bodies without symptoms. A biologist explains what each one reveals ...

As parasites become increasingly resistant to existing drugs, researchers at the University of California, Riverside are ...

Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have discovered that the malaria parasite relies on a specific type of fat to survive and ...

Cyclospora, the parasite that has sickened thousands this summer in the U.S., requires time in the human digestive tract to ...

Cyclospora, the parasite that's been wreaking havoc in people's digestive systems over the past month, starts with a single cell. The parasite passes through human intestines to reproduce. Their ...

Odysseus did not face the parasite Cyclospora in his 10-year journey home. But the word "parasite" originated as a popular ...

Genetic manipulation of malaria parasites has transformed our understanding of Plasmodium biology and accelerated the search for novel interventions. Early approaches relied on homologous ...

Cymothoa exigua, a small marine crustacean, enters fish through the gills, severs the tongue, and attaches to the stump — ...