Scientists have shed new light on Ascaris infection, which affects 1 billion people worldwide. Targeting specific liver proteins may offer new preventative options against an infection that kills ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Raya, a three-year-old toddler from Cianaga Village, Kabandungan Subdistrict, Sukabumi Regency, Indonesia, passed away on July 22, 2025. A nearly one-kilogram of worms was found in ...

The paper «Ascaris exposure associated with lung function, asthma and DNA-methylation in Northern-Europe» was just published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study is a ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence that Richard III suffered from a roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides infection. Researchers based at the University of Cambridge and the University of Leicester have ...

Parasitic worms can live inside humans gaining nourishment from the food we ingest (roundworms) or from our blood (hook worms), whilst being safe from predators. Although roundworm infections are ...

The paper «Ascaris exposure associated with lung function, asthma and DNA-methylation in Northern-Europe» was just published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The study is a ...

The Laboratory of Immunoparasitology is a basic science and translational lab focused on understanding the complex relationship between infections, specifically infections of poverty, and the host ...

The soldier defected earlier this month and was hospitalized with infections. — -- Hospital records from a soldier who defected from North Korea this month offer telling details about health ...

Scientists working out of Trinity College Dublin, Maynooth University, and Queen Mary University of London have unearthed a potential new preventative option to combat Ascaris roundworm infection.