The trillions of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, known as the gut microbiome, have a major impact on human health and disease. These microbes help us digest food and absorb nutrients; they can ...

As chance would have it, Sterling had stumbled into another research whirlwind when he discovered that Cryptosporidia were a much larger health hazard than anyone had imagined. In fact, thanks in part ...

Balantidium coli, the sole ciliated protozoan known to infect humans, is predominantly a parasite of swine but also affects a range of domestic and wild animals including camels, cattle and non-human ...