Ribosomes are the components of cells that read RNA and build proteins. Without the ribosome, the chemistry of life would ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to one-third of the global population, is far more complex than previously ...

I entered a world infected by parasites, but I didn’t expect to end up inside one. Everything around me was alive, hostile, and constantly evolving. The deeper I went, the harder it became to escape.

What do you get when you take an alien parasite and smush it together with a human being? Would you get to become a supercharged, head-eating anti hero like Venom? Or would you die a slow and painful ...

Researchers studying the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum have discovered a previously unknown stage in its life cycle that appears to be crucial for reproduction. This is important because ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have found two gut bacteria working together that contribute to chronic constipation ...

Mouse red blood cells infected with the parasite Babesia microti acquired the ability to move, offering new insight into host-pathogen interactions.