Most mammals produce their own vitamin C using an enzyme called GULO. Around 60 million years ago, humans lost this ability, ...
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Scientists have uncovered a hidden battle between a widespread brain parasite and the immune cells tasked with destroying it. A parasite that can quietly persist in the human brain is capable of ...
New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause ...
Toxoplasmosis is a parasite that can control rodent behavior and may increase risk-taking and accidents in infected humans.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) More than 1,200 Bridgeport high school seniors celebrated graduation Friday during a ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) I am a microbiologist, and my lab studies Toxoplasma. This new study bolsters emerging ...