Millions of Indian children are getting deworming treatment in a massive national campaign to prevent parasitic worms from infecting them and impairing their mental and physical development.
Feb 10, 2016
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Make a fist, and pity the nerve cells in your hand. Some are stretched taut across the outside of your fingers and others are squished within your palm. Despite that, they continue to do their jobs, sending signals to detect ...
Feb 25, 2014
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Worm infections represent a major global public health problem, leading to a variety of debilitating diseases and conditions, such as anemia, elephantiasis, growth retardation and dysentery. Several drugs are available to ...
Jan 8, 2015
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A paper in the journal Science about the fertility of roundworms may have implications for everything from captive pandas to infertile couples struggling to conceive.
May 15, 2014
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Scientists have shown how a parasitic worm infection common in the developing world increases susceptibility to tuberculosis. The study demonstrated that treating the parasite reduces lung damage seen in mice that also are ...
Nov 16, 2015
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French food giant Danone said Friday it is asking parents to alert the company if they find any worm larvae in packages of its Gallia powdered baby milk, after a couple reported that their three-month-old had regurgitated ...
Feb 28, 2020
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Three-banded panther worms are an incredibly impressive marine animal. Known scientifically as the acoel worm named Hofstenia miamia, these tiny animals that grow to only 500 micrometers can perform one of the greatest feats ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Schistosomiasis is a severe infectious disease caused by parasitic worms. As an intermediate host, freshwater snails play a central role in the life cycle of the parasite. In a recent study published in the journal Scientific ...
Mar 5, 2020
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An estimated 1 billion people in the world live without access to any type of sanitation facility, such as a toilet or latrine. Sanitation access is known to be associated with the risk of transmitting certain diseases, including ...
Jun 8, 2017
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The physical and chemical 'fingerprint' profile of a parasitic worm, dubbed the 'American murderer,' which infects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, has been uncovered for the first time by researchers at the University ...
Dec 7, 2017
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