Hilary Hurd

Unsticking malaria

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Recently published work suggests a toxin from the bacterium, Escherichia coli, could be a therapeutic tool for treatment of cerebral malaria.

A remarkable wasp parasite

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A seven-year study has resulted in a new understanding of the life history of a parasitic insect that infects the paper wasp.

Trematode soldiers

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Larval stages of some flukes produce a soldier caste that helps to protect the colony if another species of fluke invades their snail host. New work shows this… Read more »