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Portuguese scientists show Schistosoma haematobium direct link to tumours
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium) is a parasitic flatworm that infects millions of people, mostly in the developing world, and is associated with high incidence of bladder cancer although why is not clear. Now, however, ...
Study finds new insight on therapy for a devastating parasitic disease
Jun 23, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered an important new insight into how a commonly prescribed drug may work to treat those infected by a parasitic flatworm.
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Flatworm helps researchers study stem cells and cancer
Sep 17, 2008 |
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Any way you slice it, the planarian's contributions to biological research just keep on growing.
Parasitic worm infections increase susceptibility to AIDS viruses
Jul 23, 2008 |
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Persons infected with schistosomes, and possibly other parasitic worm infections, may be more likely to become infected with HIV than persons without worm infections, according to a study published July 23rd in the open-access ...
Mekong schistosomiasis is more widespread than previously thought
Mar 19, 2008 |
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A new genetic analysis, published March 19th in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, suggests that the parasitic worm Schistosoma mekongi is more widespread than previously thought. According to the ...
How Toxoplasma gondii gets noticed
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Researchers provide insight into how Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite of people and other animals, triggers an immune response in its host. The report will appear online on January 19th in The Journal of Experimental Medicine. ...
Can parasites cause anemia and undernutrition in Northern Rwanda?
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Northern Rwandan inhabitants infected with more than two species of parasitic worm are more likely to be underweight than those with just one or with no infection, according to new research published September 15 in the open-access ...
Clean living could be making people sicker
Mar 06, 2008 |
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U.S. researchers say modern living appears to be leading to an increase in allergies and immune system diseases.
Genomes of parasitic flatworms decoded
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Two international research teams have determined the complete genetic sequences of two species of parasitic flatworms that cause schistosomiasis, a debilitating condition also known as snail fever. Schistosoma ma ...
International research team seeks to unravel flatworm regeneration
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Planarian flatworms are only a few millimeters up to a few centimeters in length, live in freshwater and are the object of intense research, because they possess the extraordinary ability to regenerate lost ...
Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form
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May 20, 2008 |
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First identified in 1899, y-larvae have been one of the greatest zoological mysteries for over a century. No one has ever found an adult of these puzzling crustaceans, despite the plethora of these larvae in plankton, leading ...
Revealing secrets of 'African sleeping sickness'
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Oct 27, 2008 |
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Scientists in the United Kingdom and Russia are reporting identification of a long-sought chink in the armor of the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease that kills at least 50,000 people each ...
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