In 2006, a contested region of southern Sudan that had been embroiled in a long civil war recorded more than 20,000 cases of Guinea worm disease, 80% of the world’s total. Last year, the now ...

Researchers have discovered RNA mechanisms that may lead to more effective, durable and targeted treatments for conditions like high cholesterol, liver diseases and cancers. RNA interference (RNAi) ...

AMES, Iowa – The worms can live inside your body for years, decades even. And it’s not the worms themselves that will eventually make you sick. Rather, it’s the thousands of eggs they lay.

An international team has found a family of natural compounds with potential as new and more effective treatments for parasitic worms. The compounds stall the unique metabolic process that worms use ...

Millions of years ago, humans lost the ability to produce vitamin C, a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Carter Center reports that the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported worldwide ...

Yes, it’s possible to have a worm living in your brain — in fact, it’s far more common than you might think, said Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University ...

A worm-like parasite lived in a woman's eye for two years, and doctors believe it entered her body after she ate crocodile meat. The infected 28-year-old woman, from the town of Basankusu in the ...

New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause schistosomiasis are undermining ...

A parasite cleanse is a diet, herbal supplement, or other product that claims to get rid of parasites in your body. People who promote these cleanses claim that parasites are the cause of digestive ...

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