Malaria is a devastating disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite. After an infected mosquitos' bite, the parasites travel to the liver and infect liver cells. This phase of the infection is ...

Scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease Research recently uncovered a critical piece in the puzzle of how malaria parasites infect their host. The work, recently published in Science Magazine, ...

Liver flukes have a complex life cycle involving snails. Adult liver flukes lay eggs in the bile ducts of the liver, the eggs are passed out through faeces. Under warm and humid environmental ...

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a biotin-dependent enzyme that is the target of several classes of herbicides. Malaria parasites contain a plant-like ACC, and this is the only protein predicted to be ...

Many people eat and live to make their brains, eyes, muscles and other organs, including the prostate, breeding grounds for worms including, tapeworm, and other parasites. The rainy season will creep ...

Hammerhead worms are an invasive species that have been spreading through the U.S. since at least the early 1900s. Michael Raupp is a bug guy. MICHAEL RAUPP: I try to demystify the lives of ...