Rat-borne parasite that can cause brain disease spreading in southern US
Brown rats found and analyzed near Atlanta now carry rat lungworm, researchers report.
Sep 21, 2023
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Eukaryota: News and Research on Helminths
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Finding a live brain worm is rare: Four ways to protect yourself from more common parasites
News reports this morning describe how shocked doctors removed a live worm from a woman's brain in a Canberra hospital last year. The woman had previously been admitted to hospital with stomach symptoms, dry cough and night ...
Aug 29, 2023
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Cracking the code that relates brain and behavior in a simple animal
To understand the full relationship between brain activity and behavior, scientists have needed a way to map this relationship for all of the neurons across a whole brain—a so far insurmountable challenge. But after inventing ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Fully understanding the human brain may not be a pipe dream
People have been studying the brain for thousands of years. But if you ask a neuroscientist how much we really know about the squishy blobs in our head, they'll probably tell you "not much."
Aug 14, 2023
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Automated medical imaging framework revolutionizes schistosomiasis diagnosis
Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease affecting millions worldwide, poses a significant public health and economic burden, particularly in impoverished regions. To combat this disease and achieve World Health Organization ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Climate influences the spread of a life-threatening zoonotic disease in the Amazon
Outbreaks of polycystic echicnococcosis, a life-threatening zoonotic disease, are driven by regional climate changes, according to a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Study questions how well a model organism driven by reproductive self-destruction translates to human aging research
The lifespan of a small roundworm that has been used as a key model organism in aging research is limited by how it self-sacrifices to feed its young, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Jul 26, 2023
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Predicting lifespan-extending chemical compounds for C. elegans with machine learning
A new research paper was published in Aging titled "Predicting lifespan-extending chemical compounds for C. elegans with machine learning and biologically interpretable features."
Jul 26, 2023
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Diet found to affect learning in older nematodes
A group from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered that when the diet of nematodes, tiny worms measuring about a millimeter or less in length, includes the bacteria Lactobacillus reuteri, the weakening of associative ...
Jun 28, 2023
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Researchers discover a potential cause of Parkinson's disease
There are currently 8 million patients with Parkinson's disease in the world.
May 5, 2023
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