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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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JUL 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the humble giraffe as a species that is vulnerable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2019Earth & The Environment
Interactions between domesticated species and wildlife often pose a threat because species can act as vectors for diseas ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2019Health & Medicine
Babesiosis is a vector-borne disease in which the parasite, Babesia, is transmitted through the bite of a tick, or rarel ...Written By: Dena ArutaJUL 02, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have generated a database that catalogues how more than 45,000 mouse genes respond to ten different diseases.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2019Microbiology
The CDC is warning the public about a parasitic infection that's on the rise, and is the main cause of illness due to wa ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Cordyceps is a genus of fungi that multiplies by spreading its spores just like other types of fungi do, but the interes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2019Microbiology
A woman began having terrible nightmares, hallucinations, and insomnia. Doctors did an MRI and thought it was a brain tu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2019Cancer
Have you ever seen a lamprey up close? If you haven’t, you should probably count your blessings, because these fis ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 15, 2019Plants & Animals
Butterflies are some of nature’s most distinguishable pollinators, but like most other insects in this classificat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 01, 2019Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2019Microbiology
Researchers want to identify and characterize the microbes hosted by the human body to understanding how they impact our ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 20, 2019Plants & Animals
A variety of different factors threaten many of the world's natural pollinators, and monarch butterflies are no exce ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2019Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have teamed up to combat African sleeping sickness, which is caused by trypanosomes, unicellular protozoans t ...Written By: Nouran AminFEB 17, 2019Microbiology
Researchers have developed a platform that uses AI to analyze how cells are infected by pathogen.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 13, 2019Immunology
A physical interaction between two types of immune cells that plays an essential role in the early fight against dengue ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlFEB 12, 2019Plants & Animals
Reproduction is a normal part of life, and while sex might seem like a quick and straightforward process for humans, tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in PLOS Neglected Diseases, a special combination therapy has been proven for efficacy in cases of ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 17, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
The efficacy of antiparasitic medications highly depends on how they dissolve and are absorbed by the body—limitin ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 10, 2018Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is characterized by an exaggerated immune response to an unrecognized antigen, which has not yet been ...Written By: Dena ArutaDEC 03, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have developed a tool that enables them to predict what viruses be transmissible between infected people.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2018Plants & Animals
A curious team of researchers from the University of British Columbia was purportedly studying Anelosimus eximius spider ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Cases of Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a parasitic disease, has increased dramatically in Syria and neighboring countrie ...Written By: Nouran Amin
JUL 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes the humble giraffe as a species that is vulnerable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Interactions between domesticated species and wildlife often pose a threat because species can act as vectors for diseas
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2019
Health & Medicine
Babesiosis is a vector-borne disease in which the parasite, Babesia, is transmitted through the bite of a tick, or rarel
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
JUL 02, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have generated a database that catalogues how more than 45,000 mouse genes respond to ten different diseases.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2019
Microbiology
The CDC is warning the public about a parasitic infection that's on the rise, and is the main cause of illness due to wa
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Cordyceps is a genus of fungi that multiplies by spreading its spores just like other types of fungi do, but the interes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2019
Microbiology
A woman began having terrible nightmares, hallucinations, and insomnia. Doctors did an MRI and thought it was a brain tu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2019
Cancer
Have you ever seen a lamprey up close? If you haven’t, you should probably count your blessings, because these fis
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 15, 2019
Plants & Animals
Butterflies are some of nature’s most distinguishable pollinators, but like most other insects in this classificat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 01, 2019
Microbiology
A parasitic amoeba that causes a gut disease can nibble on host cells and use their proteins. (Image courtesy UC Davis/H
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2019
Microbiology
Researchers want to identify and characterize the microbes hosted by the human body to understanding how they impact our
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
A variety of different factors threaten many of the world's natural pollinators, and monarch butterflies are no exce
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2019
Plants & Animals
Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large ma
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists have teamed up to combat African sleeping sickness, which is caused by trypanosomes, unicellular protozoans t
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 17, 2019
Microbiology
Researchers have developed a platform that uses AI to analyze how cells are infected by pathogen.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 13, 2019
Immunology
A physical interaction between two types of immune cells that plays an essential role in the early fight against dengue
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
FEB 12, 2019
Plants & Animals
Reproduction is a normal part of life, and while sex might seem like a quick and straightforward process for humans, tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In a study published in PLOS Neglected Diseases, a special combination therapy has been proven for efficacy in cases of
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 17, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
The efficacy of antiparasitic medications highly depends on how they dissolve and are absorbed by the body—limitin
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
Animals of all kinds change their behavior to adapt to urbanized settings, and tungara frogs are no different. New resea
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 10, 2018
Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is characterized by an exaggerated immune response to an unrecognized antigen, which has not yet been
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
DEC 03, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have developed a tool that enables them to predict what viruses be transmissible between infected people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2018
Plants & Animals
A curious team of researchers from the University of British Columbia was purportedly studying Anelosimus eximius spider
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Cases of Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), a parasitic disease, has increased dramatically in Syria and neighboring countrie
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin