Researchers previously found that ablating these neurons boosted pathogen resistance and improved worm survival. 2 However, it was unclear how this might be connected to the mitochondrial stress ...

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs, which can transmit the worm to humans. The larvae that infect people never mature ...

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black ...