A parasite that encysts in the brains of wolves in Yellowstone National Park is associated with changes in wolf behaviour that may increase their… Read more »
The world is in the grip of a pandemic caused by acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Multiple risk factors have been associated… Read more »
Toxoplasma gondii is an infamously widespread parasite prevalent across much of the world, with nearly one-third of humanity… Read more »
Researchers from the Whitehead Institute have overturned current thinking about the control of the differentiation process that… Read more »
Toxoplasma gondii infection is thought to alter the personalities of infected individuals (whether rats or humans) by increasing… Read more »
Toxoplasma gondii is not only an important human pathogen, but it can be used to aid understanding of Plasmodium cell biology. New… Read more »
Media attention was caught recently by the publication of another study linking psychiatric disorders to infection with a very… Read more »
Unicellular parasites that reside and multiply inside the cells of their hosts must be adapted to penetrate the host cell without… Read more »
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