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Biology: Microbiology
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Trojan horse method gives malaria parasites a taste of their own medicine      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

More than a quarter of Australians over the age of 50 take cholesterol-lowering drugs to prevent hea...

Archaeology: General
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Medieval monks were 'riddled with parasites' - Medieval Monks Were 'Riddled with Parasites'      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Research examining traces of parasites in medieval Cambridge residents suggests that monks were almo ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Biotechnology Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General Biology: Genetics Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular
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Archaea can be picky parasites      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A parasite that not only feeds of its host, but also makes the host change its own metabolism and th ...

Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Microbiology
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Malaria-causing parasites resistant to both treatment and detection have emerged in Ethiopia      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Genomic surveillance has revealed mutations in malaria-causing parasites that will complicate effort ...

Biology: Genetics
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Digging deeper into how vaccines work against parasitic disease      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have determined how Leishmaniasis vaccine candidates, created using mutated disease-caus...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General Biology: Microbiology
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Harnessing the power of a parasite that can stop pain      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

For the first time, scientists have begun to figure out why the disfiguring skin lesions caused by c...

Biology: Cell Biology Biology: Microbiology Biology: Zoology Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Brain-altering parasite turns ants into zombies at dawn and dusk      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

It takes over the brains of ants, causing them to cling to blades of grass against their will. The l...

Biology: Microbiology Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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'Mind controlling' parasitic worms are missing genes found in every other animal      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Parasitic hairworms manipulate the behavior of their hosts in what's sometimes called 'mind control. ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Microbiology Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals
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Parasitic worm likely playing role in decline of moose populations      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A parasitic worm that can infest the brains of moose appears to be playing a role in the decline of ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: Cell Biology Biology: General Biology: Genetics Biology: Microbiology Biology: Molecular
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Giant viruses infect deadly parasite      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers ...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Offbeat: Earth and Climate Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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16 strange new parasitoid wasp species discovered in Vietnam      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have discovered 16 new species of strange-looking parasitoid wasps from the Loboscelidia...

Biology: General Biology: Microbiology Ecology: Invasive Species
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Endemic malaria found in high, dry northwestern Kenya      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Turkana County in northwestern Kenya was thought to be too dry for the mosquitoes that harbor malari...