All Parasites articles
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NewsNew study details the finding of the first known live kissing bug in Europe
Students taking a Medical Entomology class donned their detective hats and helped investigate what appears to be the first documented live kissing bug in Europe.
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NewsERC Starting Grant for Tom Beneke: Drug resistance in tropical parasites
Molecular biologist Dr Tom Beneke (35) from the Biozentrum at the University of Würzburg has been awarded a €1.5 million ERC grant to further advance his research on Leishmania and the disease they cause.
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NewsMethylation puts parasites in motion
Researchers identify a molecular mechanism that enables single-celled parasites to switch on the machinery they need to move and invade host cells.
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NewsClimate warming could reshape China’s snail populations and transmission risk of schistosomiasis
Researchers show how climate warming, body size, and land use shape snail populations linked to risk of schistosomiasis transmission in China.
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NewsResearchers use malaria strategy to target Chagas disease
Researchers have identified a new strategy to prevent the spread of Chagas disease, one which is already used in anti-malarial drugs.
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NewsGlacier retreat could promote the spread of diseases among bees
A new study shows that glacier retreat and the changing vegetation could influence the spread of certain pathogens between honeybees and wild bees.
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NewsPomegranate emerges as a promising natural phytobiotic for veterinary medicine
Researchers have identified a broad range of biological properties in pomegranate with potential for use in medical applications, including antimicrobial, antiparasitic, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effects.
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NewsHow the Chagas disease parasite ‘activates’ its form capable of infecting mammals
A new study helps determine how Trypanosoma cruzi manipulates its own RNA to alter protein production and invade the host, which could lead to new therapeutic approaches against Chagas disease.
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NewsResearchers identify rapidly spreading genetic variants that make parasites resistant to malaria treatment
New genetics study helps explain declining malaria drug susceptibility and highlights the urgent need to track mutations and improve current therapies.
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NewsNew study shows how Toxoplasma parasite evolved to adapt to crowded conditions in host cells
How Toxoplasma reshapes its metabolism to keep growing under crowded conditions in a tissue cyst has been unclear. A new study identifies a parasite-specific protein that helps coordinate this response, allowing Toxoplasma to manage oxidative stress.
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NewsLab identifies gap in malaria vaccines, added peptides can strengthen response
The two vaccines in use today rally the immune system against a single region of the malaria parasite. A new study finds that adding short peptides for two overlooked regions broadens the response and strengthens protection.
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NewsResearchers develop new drug to attack an enduring killer
Researchers have developed a new antimalarial drug designed to thwart even the most drug-resistant forms of the infection.
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NewsMalaria causes permanent damage to phagocytes in the spleen
A new study has shown that recruited macrophages are only capable of replacing resident ones to a limited extent during malarial infection.
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NewsPromising single-dose malaria treatment advances toward pan-African clinical trial
A promising single-dose malaria treatment that could help address growing drug resistance and simplify treatment for patients.
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NewsScientists fight drug-resistant parasites with nature-inspired drugs
As parasites become increasingly resistant to existing drugs, researchers are working to develop a new generation of treatments for two serious infectious diseases: malaria and babesiosis.
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NewsLeishmania: When tropical parasites use immune cells as a taxi
Tom Beneke intends to clarify, as part of the new Emmy Noether Research Group ‘LeishMove’, exactly how the Leishmania parasites control their host cells and which variations in the parasites are necessary for this.
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NewsResearchers propose PIEM concept to reshape microbiome research
A new review introduces a new concept—Persistent Intracellular Extraintestinal Microbes (PIEMs)—that extends microbiome research from body surfaces into internal tissues.
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NewsResearch on foul odors and open wounds targets flesh-eating screwworm
Scientists are studying foul-smelling substances to figure out what attracts the New World screwworm to its favorite meal – open wounds – to develop better lures for trapping this serious threat to the livestock industry.
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NewsStudy uncovers new path toward fighting malaria
Researchers have discovered that the malaria parasite relies on a specific type of fat to survive and multiply within the human host, uncovering a previously unknown vulnerability that could help guide future treatments.
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NewsHow the most widespread parasite on earth reads its genome
Researchers have uncovered new details about how Toxoplasma controls the timing of protein production, ensuring the right molecular tools are available exactly when they are needed. Two protein complexes manage this process.