Scientists have shed new light on Ascaris infection, which affects 1 billion people worldwide. Targeting specific liver proteins may offer new preventative options against an infection that kills ...

Approximately one billion people worldwide are estimated to be infected with the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, an intestinal parasite of humans. Some of them, especially children who carry high ...

We are one step closer to understanding a worm infection affecting one in eight of the world population. A new Irish-led study shines a light on what can make us vulnerable to the disease. The study ...

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Segments of the obliquely striated body muscle of Ascaris were fixed at minimum body length after treatment with acetylcholine and at maximum body length after treatment with piperazine citrate and ...

The Laboratory of Immunoparasitology is a basic science and translational lab focused on understanding the complex relationship between infections, specifically infections of poverty, and the host ...