Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...

The human body works hard to prevent outside substances from entering the brain — which makes it a challenge to get drugs into the brain to treat neurological diseases. A study published today in ...

Malaria symptoms occur once the parasite's asexual stages begin replicating inside red blood cells. However, these asexual forms must transform into male and female stages called gametocytes in order ...

More than two billion people around the world are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. This parasite is primarily spread through cats and contaminated meat, yet the majority of ...