Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

The human body also regenerates ... The growth of new segments (body parts) in marine worms is controlled by a special growth zone, in which special stem cells are located. New segments then ...

A 35-year-old Indian man who couldn't urinate learned his problem was being caused by a horrifying worm that can grow up to a metre in length inside the human body. Disturbing images published by ...

Screwworms are possibly the most aptly named parasites imaginable, both literally and figuratively. Screwworms—technically, ...

So far, no preventative vaccination against malaria exists, and its control depends heavily upon antimalarial drugs that kill parasites inside the human body. Malaria has been noted for more than ...

The human brain, the nervous system of a worm, and a computer chip have striking similarities, scientists from the U.S., the U.K., and Germany have discovered. The human brain, the nervous system ...

The human body is the theme of the motion, not the brain. The brain is a theme in respect to the worm: it is located inside the worm. Note that in (4) the subject is not an agent. The subject we ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second ... model to examine how the body reacts to the parasite's ...

Narrator: For some bug babies, your body is home sweet home. Human botfly larvae, for example, burrow under your skin, forming a pus-filled pimple. Meanwhile, thousands of young Loa loa worms can ...