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 ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

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 ...

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

The female worm can reach over a meter in length and, in general, the parasites can survive up to five years in a person's kidneys. Until 2019 , around 37 cases of infections in humans by this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...