Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T ...

Mouse red blood cells infected with the parasite Babesia microti acquired the ability to move, offering new insight into host-pathogen interactions.

Divya Beri is a postdoctoral researcher at the New York Blood Center. She studies how hosts resist parasite infections, aiming to identify new drug targets.

Brazilian researchers have developed a synthetic compound that has the potential to treat malaria and block its transmission. The new molecule acts during three phases of the disease cycle, ...

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Here’s a comforting thought: you might not actually be alone in your own body right now. Parasites are far more common than ...

Based on: The Malarial Fevers, Hemoglobinuric Fever and the Blood Protozoa of Man. By Charles F. Craig, M.D., Captain Medical Corps, United States Army. Illustrated. New York: William Wood & Co. 1909.

It’s Halloween season, the liminal period when the general public seems to have a greater tolerance for stomach-churning content, so let’s talk about parasites, perhaps the most disgusting — and ...

This article is part of an occasional series in which Nature profiles scientists with unusual career histories or outside interests. Kevin Liévano-Romero was seven years old when he pooped out his ...