Wolves infected with a common parasite are far more likely to become the leader of their pack, according to a new study, suggesting that the brain-dwelling intruder emboldens its host to take more risks.
Plants & Animals
Nov 27, 2022
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Whitehead Institute researchers have conducted the first genome-wide screen in Apicomplexa, a phylum of single-celled parasites that cause malaria, babesiosis, cryptosporidiosis, and toxoplasmosis. The screen sheds light ...
Biotechnology
Sep 1, 2016
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Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite perhaps best known for its ability to trick mice into taking potentially fatal risks around cats and, in humans, as a serious threat to fetal health, has given up a long-held secret ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2019
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Even single-celled organisms desire partners every now and then.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 13, 2019
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Whether human beings or animals, plants or algae: the cells of most life forms contain special structures that are responsible for energy production. Referred to as mitochondria, they normally have their own genetic material, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 24, 2019
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Life scientists from UCLA and the University of Bern have identified a key gene in the transmission of African sleeping sickness—a severe disease transmitted by the bite of infected tsetse flies, which are common in sub-Saharan ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 10, 2019
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Scientists at the University of Nottingham have made a major breakthrough in understanding how malaria parasites divide and transmit the disease, which could be a major step forwards in helping to prevent one of the biggest ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2022
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Researchers have mapped in fine detail the genetic changes malaria parasites go through as they prepare to infect people.
Cell & Microbiology
May 27, 2021
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Understanding how malaria parasites evolve after a human is bitten by an infected mosquito is very difficult. There can be billions of individual parasites in a patient's bloodstream and traditional genetic sequencing techniques ...
Evolution
Oct 13, 2021
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells.
Cell & Microbiology
May 11, 2021
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