Humans have more in common with the lowly worm than previously thought, according to scientists reporting in the cover article of Molecular Cell, published today. The findings have important ...

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The dreaded rat lungworm—a parasite with a penchant for rats and slugs that occasionally finds itself rambling and writhing in human brains—has firmly established itself in the Southeast US and will ...

The man was plagued by an unknown species related to the Guinea worm, one that may have recently jumped from reptiles to humans. reading time 3 minutes The mystery over a worm infestation found in a ...