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

Amoebas don’t usually make headlines. But Entamoeba histolytica, a single-celled killer with a taste for human cells, may ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite spread by cats, can shred human sperm and may be an overlooked factor in declining male ...

“You could see little parts of the human cell being broken off,” Ralston said of her very first encounter with the parasite.

FERTILITY rates appear to have been declining in both men and women globally – and now scientists have found a common ...

Parasites are known to infect human cells through a variety of ingenious mechanisms. Many of them have even evolved sophisticated strategies to evade a host’s immune system by avoiding it entirely.

New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin strongly implies that heat waves have a major influence on the spread ...

It’s a shape-shifting parasite that invades the human gut, often causing mild symptoms ... A parasite that eats its victims alive Once inside the body, Entamoeba histolytica heads straight ...

Entamoeba histolytica is a single-cell parasite that causes intestinal disease, but sometimes invades the body, attacking cells and creating ... and now proposes a strategy to learn how it attacks ...