Toxoplasma Parasite Might Alter Behavior

Medicine & Technology Dec 10, 2015

Scientists discovered how Toxoplasma gondii 'hijacks' a person's brain and might change his/her behavior.

Another Silent Killer Slowly Crawls and 'Kisses' in the U.S.

Nov 05, 2014

Another silent killer disease slowly creeping in the U.S., study says.

How A Parasite Became a Power House—The Tale of Mitochondria

Oct 17, 2014

Through the use of simple components, sugar, oxygen and transfer molecules, the mitochondria are able to create and store energy through the simple movement of electrons from one bond to another. And in spite of conflicting theories describing their possible origins, a new study at the University of Virginia is proving that the energy creators weren’t always self-sustaining components.