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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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AUG 13, 2015Videos
Parasites aren't limited to dogs, humans, and other animals you may be more familiar with. Even icky spiders and other c ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 06, 2015Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 28, 2015Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2015Videos
It's that time of the year again. If you're having trouble breathing, or experiencing a lot of sneezing or mucus, you're ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2015Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 23, 2015Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping throug ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 26, 2015Immunology
The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinic ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 24, 2015Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 18, 2015Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 08, 2015Plants & Animals
Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire hi ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 08, 2015Health & Medicine
Is it love or a diarrheal parasite? In this Valentine's-appropriate image, it's the parasite. Caught on scanning electro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 04, 2015Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 03, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 27, 2015Videos
A clear and informative explanation of the life cycle of the malaria parasite, from its injection into a human by a mosq ...Written By: Robert WoodardFEB 27, 2015Plants & Animals
After ingesting a meal of blood, mosquitoes accelerate their production of immune system proteins that help fight off th ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
AUG 13, 2015
Videos
Parasites aren't limited to dogs, humans, and other animals you may be more familiar with. Even icky spiders and other c
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 06, 2015
Health & Medicine
A tsetse fly bite in rural Africa could cause Sleeping Sickness, but a new initiative in Uganda is successfully using bl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
If you've purchased any Cilantro recently, you might want to make sure it's not imported from the Mexican state of Puebl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2015
Videos
It's that time of the year again. If you're having trouble breathing, or experiencing a lot of sneezing or mucus, you're
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2015
Videos
Each year in the United States approximately 1 in 6 Americans will contract a foodborne illness. In order to estimate th
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 23, 2015
Earth & The Environment
It's a bad time to be a pine tree in western North America. The problem is the mountain pine beetle. Mountain pine beetl
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Rats with wings. That's what some people call bats. They are notoriously creepy, flying around at night, swooping throug
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Our genomes are riddled with the detritus of ancient viruses. They infected our hominid ancestors tens of millions of ye
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 26, 2015
Immunology
The first malaria vaccine candidate (RTS,S/AS01) to reach phase 3 clinical testing is partially effective against clinic
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 24, 2015
Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Some mushrooms glow, which may come as news to you, but not so to Aristotle, who lived some 2,400 years ago.
...
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 18, 2015
Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 08, 2015
Plants & Animals
Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire hi
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 08, 2015
Health & Medicine
Is it love or a diarrheal parasite? In this Valentine's-appropriate image, it's the parasite. Caught on scanning electro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 04, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Evolution brings improvements, but it's also a hotbed for lots of diseases that defy treatment.
We see this i ...
We see this i ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 04, 2015
Immunology
Rats in New York City carry a species of flea that is capable of transmitting plague pathogens.
For a new stu ...
For a new stu ...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 03, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny parasitic hookworms infect nearly half a billion people worldwide, almost exclusively in developing countries. Rese
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 27, 2015
Videos
A clear and informative explanation of the life cycle of the malaria parasite, from its injection into a human by a mosq
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
FEB 27, 2015
Plants & Animals
After ingesting a meal of blood, mosquitoes accelerate their production of immune system proteins that help fight off th
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider