Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development, genetics, ecology and evolution of these organisms. Shi ...

The disease is primarily spread through the bites of female Anopheles mosquitoes that are infected by Plasmodium parasites. To figure out which genes are critical for P. knowlesi survival, both groups ...

Edited by Joseph Kieber, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; received November 27, 2024; accepted January 7, 2025 ...

Now, surgeons at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, have managed to remove the remnants of his parasitic twin through a “rarest of rare” surgery and given him a chance to live ...

A team of around 20 doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) successfully removed a parasitic twin, weighing about 15-16 kilos, from the abdomen of a 17-year-old boy in what ...

AIIMS doctors successfully removed a 15 kg ‘parasitic twin’ from a 17-year-old boy from Unnao, UP. The complex surgery took 2 to 2.5 hours, involving multidisciplinary specialists. The boy ...

Doctors in the Indian capital, Delhi, have performed a life-changing surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove his "parasitic" twin that was attached to his abdomen. A parasitic twin is an ...

The teenager's blood pressure dropped dramatically during the surgery because up to 40% of his blood flowed to the parasitic twin. However, the surgeons quickly stabilized him and he left hospital ...

A perplexing medical case recently detailed in the New England Journal of Medicine has shed light on a rare parasitic infection. In an 11-page case study published on February 12, doctors from ...

The complex life cycles of parasites are dynamic. Parasites are living organisms that can adapt to new hosts or change their preferences according to geographic regions. People are either obligate or ...

We all remember the thunderous success that Parasite was when it came out. It won four Oscars in 2020, including even Best Picture and Best Director for Bong Joon-ho, the Palm d'Or at the Cannes ...

Musk appeared to repost a meme featuring actress Sydney Sweeney along with the caption: "Watching Trump slash federal programs knowing it doesn't affect you because you're not a member of the Parasite ...