Research Articles
The Invisible Arms Race: Unmasking the Physiologic Races of Wheat Bunt
Explore the hidden war between wheat plants and bunt fungus, and how scientists are fighting back against physiologic races to protect global food security.
The Hookworm's Secret: How a Blood-Feeding Parasite Bypasses Our Defenses
Discover how the human hookworm employs sophisticated molecular tools to evade our body's clotting defenses and feed on blood undetected for years.
The Unseen War: Why Some Animals Thrive Despite Parasites
Exploring how natural selection favors tolerance over resistance in animal populations facing gastrointestinal nematode infections.
Triple Threat: A Scientific Showdown in the Fight Against Malaria
A comparative analysis of three anti-malaria drug combinations tested in Senegal to determine the most effective treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
The Genomic Arms Race: Decoding a Sea Louse's Battle with Pesticides
Discover how transcriptome profiling reveals how sea lice develop pesticide resistance and the surprising sex-based differences in their defense strategies.
The Worm War: Can Mass Drug Administration Break the Chain of Infection?
Exploring how mass drug administration affects soil-transmitted helminth aggregation in human populations and the implications for disease control strategies.
The Unseen Stowaways in Our Blood: A New Weapon for Safer Transfusions
Discover how Triplex Nested PCR technology is revolutionizing blood transfusion safety by detecting dangerous parasites like Plasmodium, Babesia and Toxoplasma.
Cracking the Code: How Scientists are Decrypting the Fish Immune System
Discover how omics technologies are revolutionizing our understanding of fish immune responses to pathogens in aquaculture.
The Secret Life of a Heat-Loving Bacterium and Its Viruses
Explore the fascinating biological arms race between thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus stearothermophilus and its specialized viral predators in extreme environments.
Starvation Tactics: How Scientists Are Catching a Parasite's Metabolic Achilles' Heel
Discover how scientists are targeting the pyruvate transporter in Trypanosoma brucei to develop new treatments for African Sleeping Sickness.