A new study from Macquarie University has found that a certain type of parasite which infects people in greater numbers during summer, causing symptoms such as diarrhoea and abdominal pain, could also be spread by bats.
Aug 10, 2016
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Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. These diseases affect millions of people in Latin America, Asia ...
Aug 8, 2016
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Millions of people in the developing world could be spared from lifelong disability—or possible death—from parasitic worm diseases under a vastly expanded treatment program that is cost-effective, according to a new analysis ...
Jun 7, 2016
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A novel combination therapy cures an emerging infectious disease, babesiosis, which is transmitted by the same ticks that transmit the agents of Lyme disease, said Yale researchers. This "radical" therapy not only clears ...
Jun 6, 2016
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Parasitic worms are typically something we're keen to avoid, but new research from UTS's ithree institute shows that controlled infection of parasites could be harnessed to prevent the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS).
May 26, 2016
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"Stop the spread of superbugs," "15 superbugs and other scary diseases" and "Superbug bacteria found in tested hotel rooms" are headlines we often read or hear about. But what do we mean when we say "bugs"?
Mar 31, 2016
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Without a more efficient treatment, more than 200,000 people living with Chagas disease will die from heart disease in the next five years
Feb 25, 2016
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Humans can tolerate the parasites responsible for sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis for many years. These parasites belong to the same family of pathogens known as trypanosomatids. IRD and Cirad researchers ...
Feb 10, 2016
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While world health leaders race to contain the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Americas, researchers at the University of Iowa are reminding doctors in the United States to be on the lookout for two other vector-borne ...
Jan 29, 2016
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What if a centuries-old foe could become a workhorse for drug delivery in the future? Jacquin Niles, an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT, sees potential for such a transformation in what others might consider ...
Jan 22, 2016
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