Immature malaria parasites are 100 times less sensitive to artemisinin-based drugs than older parasites, a new study has…
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A new class of antimalarial drug has been discovered, using spiroindolones to block a pump within the malaria parasites face…
Across the country, tiny blood-sucking parasites are settling in for the new school year. Head lice infestation, officially known as pediculosis, is common in primary school-aged children. But don’t worry…
A major genetic risk factor for visceral leishmaniasis, also known as black fever, has been identified, paving the way for…
I should admit straight up that I’m no fan of cats. Like any zoologist I treasure the rare glimpses I have had of lions, leopards, serval and even ocelot. But I have never understood the devotion of so…
Travelling to the London Olympics? What do you expect to bring back? Some amazing sporting memories? A medal? How about some bed bug bites, or, worse still, a few bugs to kick off an infestation at home…
Special “scaffold” proteins are responsible for the malaria parasite’s transformation into a banana shape before sexual reproduction…
The question of why human beings have virtually no body hair – as discussed yesterday on The Conversation – has puzzled evolutionary theorists since Darwin’s Descent of Man (1871). It’s puzzling because…
Writing almost 140 years ago in his book Naturalist in Nicaragua, the European naturalist Thomas Belt engaged in a lively debate about why certain breeds of dogs in tropical America were hairless. The…
Scientists have identified the genetic blueprint of the giant intestinal roundworm, Ascaris suum, revealing potential targets…
Researchers have for the first time identified a “programmed cell death” pathway in parasitic worms that could one day lead…
Research has revealed, in unprecedented detail, how parasites use different nutrients needed for growth, showing unique drug…
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