A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen—virus, bacteria, fungus or ...

CYP5122A1 is a sterol C4-methyl oxidase that catalyzes the sequential oxidation of lanosterol, is essential for both Leishmania donovani promastigotes in culture and intracellular amastigotes in ...

An international team of scientists has provided an unprecedented look into the unique crystals formed by the malaria ...

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

It reveals in unprecedented detail the structure of crystals that the parasite builds in order to survive. Since most antimalarial drugs are thought to work by interfering with the formation and ...

A woman has been left blind in her right eye after parasites burrowed into her cornea while swimming with contact lenses in. Brooklyn McCasland, 23, said she was in the ‘worst pain she’d ever ...

Parasite evolution refers to the heritable genetic changes that a parasite accumulates during its life time, which can arise from adaptations in response to environmental changes or the immune ...

As someone who has firsthand experience scaling a company sustainably, I have witnessed the profound impact that the organizational structure can have on long-term success. Through my experiences ...

U.S. Geological Survey One of the most surprising changes was the uptick in exposure to Neospora caninum, a deadly parasite that typically infects dogs and cows. In the 2008–2017 samples ...

A recovery program increased their population by 2010, but from 2014 to 2018, it fell to 30% of its peak due to a new acanthocephalan parasite, exacerbated by a prolonged drought. A research ...