Every tapeworm is less a single individual than a chain of organisms, connected, one to the next, by ropy lateral nerves. The ...

New research is underway at the Indiana University School of Medicine to turn a common enemy of the brain into a friend in ...

Scientists discovered a link between copper regulation and neurodegeneration, using the worm gene swip-10. Their findings ...

LA public health officials reported this week that two residents have been infected by Baylisascaris procyonis, also known as ...

The type 2 diabetes drug metformin helped slow aging across multiple organs, including the brain, kidneys, and the skin, a ...

If you have raccoons around your property, you might need to employ this method. Raccoons tend to poop in communal, pungent ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr. has criticized the Democratic Party’s environmental approach for commodifying nature, and suggests that ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles. The infection, Baylisascaris procyonis, can affect the brain, spinal cord and eyes.

Metformin is the main first-line drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but a new study on monkeys suggests it could one day be ...

What is raccoon roundworm? "In humans, the Baylisascaris parasite can infect the spinal cord, brain and eyes and ...

In the quest for the fountain of youth, scientists may have stumbled upon an unexpected ally: a colorless compound found in microalgae.

New therapeutic opportunities often emerge from research on simple organisms. For instance, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...