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

A 13-year study led by the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals why a deadly parasitic infection targeted for elimination in China persisted in some areas ...

A 13-year study led by the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz reveals why a deadly ...

Divya Beri is a postdoctoral researcher at the New York Blood Center. She studies how hosts resist parasite infections, aiming to identify new drug targets.

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 ...

Liz Kocan has spent the last 20 years covering TV, entertainment and working behind the scenes in digital production. While at VH1.com, she won a Webby Award and was nominated for a Shorty Award as a ...

Abstract: Malaria is a critical epidemic disease transmitted by bites from female Anopheles mosquitoes, caused by Plasmodium parasites. Although it does not spread directly between people, early ...

PARIS, Nov 4 (Reuters) - French authorities have detected for the first time a microscopic worm that can ravage pine trees, extending the presence of the pathogen in Europe after it spread in Portugal ...

Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals ...

Health officials say the immediate threat is low — but the parasite’s arrival could have massive economic consequences, with billions in potential agricultural losses at stake. Stacey Leasca is an ...

An American who traveled to El Salvador has been diagnosed with New World screwworm, marking the first known case of the disease in the U.S. in a long time. According to the Associated Press, the ...

U.S. health authorities have confirmed the country’s first human infection involving the New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite. The case was identified on August 4 in Maryland in a patient who ...