FRAMINGHAM -- Liver flukes are one of only two biological organisms known to cause cancer, and now a Framingham-based startup housed in an old industrial building will be developing a test for it. The ...

Because of its highly specialized host strategy – the fluke first infects land snails, which graze on cattle feces, then the ant, via an irresistible ball of larval mucous (well, for ants anyway) – ...

Three Long Island congressional representatives are demanding the Department of Veterans Affairs study the prevalence of the cancer-causing liver fluke among Vietnam veterans, to determine whether ...

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 ...

A rise in a parasite called liver fluke, which can significantly impact livestock production in farms in the UK and across the world, could now be helped by a new predictive model of the disease aimed ...

Those who are terrified of climate change, artificial intelligence or unassembled Ikea furniture have never heard of Dicrocoelium dendriticum, an insidious, miniscule flatworm more commonly known as ...