In a proof-of-concept lab experiment, scientists demonstrated that intestinal parasites could make and release therapeutic ...

A GENETICALLY modified worm could deliver essential treatment inside your body for IBS or diabetes, research has suggested.

A dangerous tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, has been detected in wild hosts along the U.S. West Coast for the first ...

Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite responsible for malaria, plays a well-established role; however, ...

RNA technology is regarded as one of the newest frontiers in medicine, but in fact a primordial innovator got there way before we did. The malaria parasite, an ancient single-celled organism, has been ...

The human gut hosts a wide variety of microbial species including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Intestinal parasites were also once a typical part of this community; healthy humans played host to ...