Fluorescent imaging allows scientists to observe the parasite Toxoplasma gondii in far greater detail, revealing how it ...

Scientists have uncovered a crucial weakness in the malaria parasite that could open the door to new treatments. Researchers identified a protein called Aurora-related kinase 1 (ARK1) that acts like a ...

The study reveals that ARK1 controls spindle formation during malaria parasite division. Blocking this protein disrupted ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the Cryptosporidium parasite exports a protein into infected intestinal cells, altering the gut environment and enabling the parasite to ...

University of Calgary researchers have discovered how Leishmania parasites hide within the body to cause Leishmaniasis. The tiny parasites are carried by infected sand flies. Considered a tropical ...

Malaria is caused by a eukaryotic microbe of the Plasmodium genus, and is responsible for more deaths than all other parasitic diseases combined. In order to transmit from the human host to the ...

For the first time the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, have been mapped in high resolution, allowing scientists to better understand this ...

Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria.

A red, parasitic worm turned out to be behind the woman's wide array of symptoms. | Credit: Hossain, M., Kennedy, K. J., ...

Sand flies transmit over 20 species of infectious Leishmania parasites, which infect host macrophages and other immune cells. Various factors can have an influence on whether or not infections are ...

Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T-cells. A new paper by UC Davis researchers lays out a strategy for investigating how this parasite can hide from the human immune system while attacking ...