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What happens if an alien parasite infected you?

What happens if an alien parasite infected you? Discover the terrifying potential of extraterrestrial organisms taking over humans. Did Karoline Leavitt say unemployment rate under Trump is at ...
Medical Xpress

Common brain parasite can infect your immune cells—here's why that's probably OK

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health research reveals how our bodies keep it under control. The parasite, ...
Phys.org

How a parasite 'gave up sex' to find more hosts—and why its victory won't last

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and ...
IFLScience

Parasite "Cleanses": Are We Riddled With Worms Or Is This Just The Latest Bogus Fad?

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...
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Common brain parasite can infect your immune cells. Here's why that's probably OK

Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. The parasite that may already live in your brain can ...