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AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Freeloading Tapeworms The anatomy of a tapeworm, symptoms of infection and ways to purge the pest from your system.   |
Outside
November 2004
Ben Ryder Howe |
The Worm and I Having a parasite hitch a ride under your skin is bad enough. Evicting the little bugger is even worse. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
Parasitic Worms Who knew that parasitic worms were so common? Take the necessary precautions outlined here, and you'll most certainly be living worm-free. |
Popular Mechanics
December 4, 2009
Allie Townsend |
Can Parasites Heal as Well as Harm? Fringe Fact vs Fiction To sort through TV's "Fringe" theory of using "parasites as medicine," PM talks to molecular parasitologist Peter Hotez to get the real story on worms. |
BusinessWeek
May 20, 2010
Elizabeth Lopatto |
A New Prescription: Parasite Eggs Scientists test whether whipworms can fight autoimmune disorders. |
Popular Mechanics
November 12, 2008
Kate Schweitzer |
Scientists Say Fringe Parasites are Far From Realistic Is the wormlike parasite seen in last week's episode of the popular TV show Fringe a true possibility? Scientists weigh in on the question. |
Chemistry World
December 3, 2012
Laura Howes |
Antimalarials should target female parasites The Plasmodium parasite, unlike humans, for example, does not have different genes coding for different sexes. New antimalarials should target the slower evolving female genes, or those that are expressed by both sexes. |
AskMen.com
January 15, 2004
Sarah Keefe |
Your Guide To Food Poisoning To avoid experiencing digestive problems, find out which foods are prime food poisoning suspects, and learn how to combat these often invisible enemies. |
HHMI Bulletin
Nov 2010 |
Scientists are targeting surface proteins to battle disease. Now that genomic analyses have identified the genes that express surface proteins, scientists are focusing on how pathogens detect attacks from the human immune system and quickly change their coats. |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2005 |
Toxoplasmosis in Pregnancy An informational patient hand-out on this disease and its implications regarding maternal-fetal well-being. |
Salon.com
May 3, 2000
Susan McCarthy |
Talking dirty Bring on the germs. Too much cleanliness may be making some people sick. First of two parts. |
Chemistry World
September 10, 2007
Lewis Brindley |
Taking the Sting Out of Malaria Scientists have identified sugar chains lining the mosquito's gut that the malaria parasite latches onto to infect the insect. |
Chemistry World
March 21, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
New antimalarial drug class resists resistance Early indications also show that it may take longer for the parasite to develop resistance to the new molecules than it has for existing drugs targeting the same pathway. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Travel Diseases: Africa The allure of a safari through the Serengeti or a trek up Kilimanjaro may inspire you to strike out for the heart of Africa, but before you go there are a few things you should know: like, the huge continent is teeming with bug-borne, water-borne and human-borne diseases. |
Popular Mechanics
January 21, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
Cells Skirt Reality and Supersize on Fringe: Hollywood Fact vs Fiction Parasites were back on the TV show Fringe, after making a factually-challenged appearance in an earlier episode. |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2004
Kucik et al. |
Common Intestinal Parasites Intestinal parasites cause significant morbidity and mortality. Diseases caused by Enterobius vermicularis, Giardia lamblia, Ancylostoma duodenale, Necator americanus, and Entamoeba histolytica occur in the United States. E. vermicularis, or pinworm, causes irritation and sleep disturbances. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2010
Kendall Powell |
Malaria's Weakness With different approaches, two HHMI researchers land on an enzyme critical to the malaria parasite's destructive ways. |
Chemistry World
July 23, 2013
Sonja Hampel |
Antigenic sugars identified for Chagas disease Scientists have synthesised the combinations of sugars from the surface of the Chagas disease parasite that trigger the human immune response to it. This could help establish better diagnostic tests for the disease, and even a vaccine. |
D-Lib
June 2002 |
DPDx Investigators from the Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPD), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conceived of and developed a project, DPDx, that provides online assistance in identification of parasites and distance-based training. |
Chemistry World
June 17, 2015
James Urquhart |
Promising compound offers single dose knock-out for malaria Ian Gilbert and colleagues, working with the Medicines for Malaria Venture, have found a compound dubbed DDD107498 which kills Plasmodium falciparum -- the species responsible for most dangerous form of malaria. |
Chemistry World
April 2008
Victoria Gill |
Malaria no More? A fresh round of research funding could put an end to the killer disease. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2001
Dan Dinello |
Virus horror! In a new era of movies like the Farrelly brothers' "Osmosis Jones," we die from bugs, not bombs... |
Chemistry World
April 6, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Rousing sleeping sickness research An orally available drug for African sleeping sickness could be on the horizon, say UK scientists who believe that such a drug would improve the lives of more than 50,000 people who are afflicted with the disease. |
Chemistry World
June 30, 2014
James Urquhart |
Smell of malaria attracts mosquitoes The word 'malaria' means 'bad air', but new research suggests the disease may actually make its victims smell good to mosquitoes. |
