Discover how oxamniquine, a 1970s-era drug, is being re-engineered to combat schistosomiasis through advanced molecular understanding and rational drug design.
Discover how scientists learned to count lungworm parasites in sheep using fecal larval counts instead of invasive procedures.
Discover how Trichoderma fungi acquired plant-digesting abilities through lateral gene transfer, revolutionizing our understanding of fungal evolution.
Discover how sickle cell trait provides protection against malaria through oxygen-dependent mechanisms in red blood cells.
Investigating gastrointestinal helminths in slaughtered cattle in Azare, Nigeria - prevalence, impact and solutions
Discover how scientists resolved the taxonomic mystery of the Asian fish tapeworm, unifying twenty different names into one species with global ecological impact.
Discover how silver nitrate staining reveals the hidden world of myxozoan parasites, microscopic organisms affecting aquatic life and fisheries.
Explore how blind cavefish have evolved extraordinary adaptations and become powerful models for scientific research in genetics, evolution, and human disease.
Discover how biometrics helps scientists identify nearly identical Trichogramma wasps for effective biological pest control in agriculture.
Discover how scientists uncovered high rates of trypanosome infections in squirrel monkeys in the Amazon rainforest and solved a taxonomic mystery.