Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease primarily caused by the liver flukes Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica, affecting both humans and a wide range of livestock. Once ingested through ...

Liver flukes mainly affect livestock (sheep, goats, and cows) and people. However, they affect animals more than they do humans.‌ There are two types of liver flukes that affect humans.

UCLA Health researchers have discovered significant changes in liver function following exposure to diesel exhaust (DE) in a ...

Adult rumen flukes are less damaging to sheep and cattle than liver flukes, but heavy infections of immature flukes may cause diarrhoea, ill-thrift and, exceptionally, death in young animals.

Occasionally, humans can be the host of the flukes at this stage of the cycle, and the parasites may infect our liver, leading in some cases to cholecystitis or liver abscesses, according to the U ...

They transplanted a liver from a Bama miniature pig—a breed that’s commonly used in research—that had six gene edits, while the recipient was given immune-suppressing drugs to prevent rejection.

Another emotion the researchers compared was anger, which modern humans tend to feel in the upper body and hands, while Mesopotamians felt “heated,” “enraged” or “angry” in their feet ...

A man's Facebook plea for a liver donor attracted the attention of a high-school acquaintance he hadn't spoken to in 20 years. In April 2024, after experiencing appetite loss and losing 15 pounds ...

Wave Life Sciences' alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency candidate WVE-006 succeeded in the first-ever clinical demonstration of RNA editing in humans by achieving positive proof-of-mechanism in an ...

In the short term, these multi-zonal liver organoids will help scientists shed new light on diseases like diabetes, drug-induced liver injury, alcohol-related liver disease, and viral hepatitis.

In all, 27,100 strains of fungi were collected and analyzed; of these, only R. fluvialis had never been seen in humans before. Related: Rare fungal STI spotted in US for the 1st time ...

Scientists say that PFAS, nicknamed "forever chemicals," are building up in animals like polar bears, seals, and birds and at alarming levels in the Arctic. People living in the Arctic, they add ...