The Jurassic fossil Juracanthocephalus reveals a key evolutionary link between rotifers and parasitic acanthocephalans, resolving debates about their origins and anatomy. A research team from the Nanj ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...