Entamoeba histolytica infects nearly 50 million people each year and kills around 70,000. It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms like diarrhea. But in ...

An apicomplexan parasite (green) without the CLAMP complex is unable to invade a host cell (gray). Credit: Wandy Beaty/ Washington University An apicomplexan parasite (green) without the CLAMP complex ...

In a new paper, published in PLOS Biology, a team of scientists at the university, along with collaborators across the globe, show how they have uncovered key regulators of how malaria parasites ...

Amoebas don’t usually make headlines. But Entamoeba histolytica, a single-celled killer with a taste for human cells, may deserve the spotlight. This microscopic parasite infects up to 50 million ...

Scientists at Stockholm University and collaborators say they have used high-resolution genomic tools to map the global repertoire of genes of gametocyte development toward the male or the female ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have produced antibodies that neutralise Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite responsible for Chagas disease. The work marks a foundational step toward a ...

The immune system's killer cells deliver a tightly controlled, 3-phase knockout punch that kills intracellular parasites through a novel pathway that an international team led by researchers from the ...

Sand flies transmit over 20 species of infectious Leishmania parasites, which infect host macrophages and other immune cells. Various factors can have an influence on whether or not infections are ...

Entamoeba histolytica (green) attacking human T-cells. A new paper by UC Davis researchers lays out a strategy for investigating how this parasite can hide from the human immune system while attacking ...

For decades scientists have been puzzled by a tiny parasite that affects millions worldwide, with the power to liquefy human organs and evade the immune system in ways that science hasn't been able to ...