The project was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, a David and Lucile Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of ...

Toxoplasmosis — you may have heard about it, but how much do you really know about it? Toxoplasma gondii is a single-celled ...

A parasite found in soiled cat litter could be a future treatment for neurological disorders, according to scientists. Scientists used an engineered form of Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite found ...

Yeast isn’t the only living entity engineered to deliver drugs lately. In July, researchers used the protozoan parasite ...

It is common for people to observe sexual exploitation and not try to intervene or stop it from happening. It’s useful to first understand why people do nothing. The U.S. presidential election ...

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TORCH infections are unique in their pathogenesis and have potentially devastating clinical manifestations. Congenital toxoplasmosis remains an important cause of blindness, although avoiding ...