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Parasite
Parasite is a person or organism who lives in on another organism or who lives at the expense of another. A parasite is a sponger, a lazy profiteer, a drain on society.
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MAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 24, 2017Microbiology
Chagas disease causes an initial period of infection only lasts a few months, or so it was thought.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2017Microbiology
Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite enters red blood cells, eventually causi ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2017Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 26, 2017Microbiology
The World Health Organization estimates that some 212 million people contracted malaria in 2015, and nearly 430,000 peop ...Written By: Kerry EvansAPR 25, 2017Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 22, 2017Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 21, 2017Cancer
The malaria parasite was the inspiration behind the newest drug for the treatment of bladder cancer. In particular, the ...APR 16, 2017Microbiology
"While lice are highly maligned, they provide a wealth of scientific information," said Dr. Bret BoydWritten By: Carmen LeitchAPR 16, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Travelers heading to the beautiful Hawaiian paradise should be warned to avoid raw snails and slugs. Hawaiian state offi ...APR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Plants & Animals
While investigating a shipwreck off of the coast of the Florida Keys, which is now considered an artificial reef, scient ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2017Immunology
A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi causes one of five diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 05, 2017Microbiology
I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infection ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAR 31, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we ...MAR 28, 2017Plants & Animals
There may be a longstanding relationship between humans and house mice that dates back to our ancestors who walked the E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2017Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 19, 2017Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response: ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 19, 2017Videos
There exists a really weird parasitic type of plant called Hydnora Africana, which thrives underground and essentially s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 08, 2017Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 28, 2017Videos
Unlike animals and humans, plants are literally rooted to the ground. This means that they have fewer options of defendi ...
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 24, 2017
Microbiology
Chagas disease causes an initial period of infection only lasts a few months, or so it was thought.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2017
Microbiology
Malaria is caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum. The parasite enters red blood cells, eventually causi
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Nature Communications by an international team of researchers is a big step forward in the fight ag
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2017
Microbiology
Ticks are nasty parasites that already pose a threat to human health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2017
Microbiology
The World Health Organization estimates that some 212 million people contracted malaria in 2015, and nearly 430,000 peop
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
APR 25, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Eighty million tons of plastic polyethylene are produced every year and much of those once-used plastic bags and packagi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 22, 2017
Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 21, 2017
Cancer
The malaria parasite was the inspiration behind the newest drug for the treatment of bladder cancer. In particular, the
...
APR 16, 2017
Microbiology
"While lice are highly maligned, they provide a wealth of scientific information," said Dr. Bret Boyd
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 16, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Travelers heading to the beautiful Hawaiian paradise should be warned to avoid raw snails and slugs. Hawaiian state offi
...
APR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
It turns out that mandrills, a type of Old World monkey, behave similarly to humans in that they try to avoid sick frien
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Plants & Animals
While investigating a shipwreck off of the coast of the Florida Keys, which is now considered an artificial reef, scient
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2017
Immunology
A parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi causes one of five diseases designated by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 05, 2017
Microbiology
I recently saw a headline about how fruit flies that take more naps are more resistant to fungal and bacterial infection
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAR 31, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people have an irrational fear of having bugs crawling under their skin. However, for one woman, her worst fears we
...
MAR 28, 2017
Plants & Animals
There may be a longstanding relationship between humans and house mice that dates back to our ancestors who walked the E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2017
Cardiology
A human heart recuperating from inflammation, a condition called myocarditis, can take one of two paths: a healthy retur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2017
Immunology
There is an new connection between obesity and hypertension, between the cardiovascular system and the immune response:
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2017
Videos
There exists a really weird parasitic type of plant called Hydnora Africana, which thrives underground and essentially s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Health & Medicine
The first human case of babesiosis was reported in 1957; until then it was thought of as a disease plaguing domes
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 08, 2017
Microbiology
Neanderthals are our closest extinct relative, and through their DNA scientists have gained new insight into their die,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2017
Videos
Unlike animals and humans, plants are literally rooted to the ground. This means that they have fewer options of defendi
...