This interview explores the development of novel drugs and the importance of collaborative partnerships in tackling these ...

Curtis Kohlhaas, who has served President Jimmy Carter for over 20 years, said that just as the Centre has grown to be a world leader in eradicating and eliminating neglected tropical diseases, NTDs, ...

(Mental Floss)-- When it comes to parasites, it's all about perspective. You may call a lifetime of growing and feeding off another organism lazy, but we call it opportunistic. In fact, these ...

Worms don't just invade the gut or lungs. Some of them work their way into other regions of the body. Take lymphatic filariasis, a condition that arises when certain worms of the Filariidae order, ...

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – which is why local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

Gut symptoms blight millions of Brits every year. But the cause may not be actually be irritable bowel syndrome or increasingly common lactose intolerance.

Worms don’t just invade the gut or lungs. Some of them work their way into other regions of the body. Take lymphatic filariasis, a condition that arises when certain worms of the Filariidae order, ...

These minute parasites, easily transmitted ... Treatment typically involves medication and strict hygiene practices. With hookworms and filariasis also posing threats, understanding these parasitic ...

Furthermore, molecular data for filarial worms are largely lacking. Discussion: Our results revealed high prevalence, extensive geographic distribution and a potential vector of filarial infection in ...

In a recent breakthrough, researchers determined that a worm which had been frozen for about 46,000 years had survived and remained alive. Dr. Philipp Schiffer, a group leader in the Institute of ...