Cancer grows from mutations in a person’s cells. Parasites are separate organisms that live on or in another host organism.

A new study from the Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble characterized the structure of an important trypanosomal protein ...

Scientists are developing the first-ever pill to prevent Lyme disease, potentially protecting millions from tick-borne ...

The treatment for tick-borne illnesses ... Like ticks, mosquitoes feed on the blood of humans and animals, making them parasites. Mosquitoes are carriers of a variety of different diseases ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...

The Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble discovered notable differences between the nuclear cap-binding complex in trypanosomes and humans, a critical component in cellular RNA metabolism. Trypanosomes ...

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites have developed widespread drug resistance in both North America and Australia.

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia ... "But worse still, the parasites can spread to humans through the skin. "In people, hookworms from dogs can ...

Treatment with melarsoprol consists of a ... the insects that transmit the parasite to humans. These efforts are showing signs of success. Fewer than 1,000 cases of sleeping sickness have been ...