New test to detect parasitic worms buried in the brain - Commonly known as the brain worm, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis infects ...

aPhysiology Section, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Science, University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona 08028, Spain bNutrition and Food Safety Research Institute ...

Residents of Glenfinnan, Scotland are up in arms over a tourist craze that's seen Harry Potter fans overrun their iconic Viaduct, putting a strain on local infrastructure. Getty Images They wish they ...

Medicare should cover a parasite poop test when medically necessary, usually when a person has symptoms of gastroenteritis or a history of exposure to a parasite. Laboratory technicians perform a ...

Without an ounce of self-pity, Frank Steadman describes the 10 days in segregation which coincided with his brother dying by suicide. Human feces were spread across the walls of his cell, and he was ...

The expansion and contraction of organs is aided by the protein fibulin-1, highlighted here, in a microscopy image, around the basement membrane (the big oval) that surrounds the spermatheca and 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 ...

A human case of the flesh-eating New World Screwworm has been found in the United States in a person who traveled to El Salvador. The parasitic insect is actually a fly that looks similar to a ...