Toxoplasma Gondii Parasite Uses Unconventional Method ... Dec. 9, 2024 — A research team has uncovered a molecular strategy employed by worm parasites (helminths) to evade host immune defenses.

Organisms that live on humans, like pinworms and scabies mites, cause discomfort through itching and irritation, while more serious threats like Loa Loa eye worms and toxoplasma gondii can affect ...

Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms ...

Toxoplasma gondii is a microscopic parasite that can ... Toxoplasmosis can be treated with antibiotics and antiparasitics. Despite having "worm" in their name, screwworms are not actually worms ...

Citation: Toxoplasma gondii parasite uses unconventional method to make proteins for evasion of drug treatment, research reveals (2024, December 10) retrieved 5 January 2025 from https://phys.org ...

A study sheds new light on how Toxoplasma gondii parasites make the proteins they need to enter a dormant stage that allows them to escape drug treatment. A study by Indiana University School of ...

Toxoplasma cysts have been linked to behavior changes and neurological disorders like schizophrenia. They can also reactivate when the immune system is weakened, causing life-threatening organ damage.

Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink water tainted with larvae that grow inside the body into worms as much as 3-feet-long. The noodle ...

Former President Jimmy Carter worked for decades to eradicate Guinea worm disease around the world. Whereas 3.5 million cases of the painful parasitic infection were recorded in 1986, preliminary ...

It has been hard to find fungi that normally reside in the mouse gut. The identification of one such fungus deepens our understanding of how resident fungi drive immune responses in their natural ...

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