Headlines about brain worms can be alarming. There are much more common parasites which can infect your body and brain and ways you can minimise your risks of being infected with one.
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Pink blood, green blood, or no blood at all – when it comes to what’s inside a worm’s body, the answer is more complicated – and fascinating – than you’d think.
There is much more than just parasitic features when it comes to nematodes: these tiny creatures are vital to ecosystems.
Intestinal worms (or helminths) are multicellular parasites that live inside the gut. When mature, they can generally be seen with the naked eye. In developing countries with poor sanitation, the most…
Our series, Animals in Research, profiles the top organisms used for science experimentation. Here, we look at Caenorhabditis elegans – a roundworm. When you think of a worm, what do you see? For some…
Nematodes, or roundworms, that undergo asexual reproduction, have only two-thirds as many active genes as related species…
The nervous system of the common roundworm is being used to study nerve-based conditions and nerve degeneration with the…
A universal language employed by nematodes (or roundworms) has been discovered; a form of communication never seen before…
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Associate Professor and Clinical Academic Gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology, University of Sydney
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Researcher in Nematology, Parasitology, Systematics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Insect Diversity, Stellenbosch University
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Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia