Head of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at the University of Ghana Medical School, Professor Vincent Boima, has ...

Trypanosoma brucei, the causative agent of sleeping sickness in humans, diverged from the highest eukaryotic lineage several hundred million years ago. Understanding epigenetic regulation in T. brucei ...

Researchers have uncovered thousands of preserved metabolic molecules inside fossilized bones millions of years old, offering a surprising new window into prehistoric life. The findings reveal animals ...

A parasite that lives in human blood has been pulling off a strange trick for decades. It covers itself in a dense coat of proteins so the immune system struggles to recognize it, yet it somehow ...

† Leishmania Research Laboratory, Institut Pasteur Korea, 696 Sampyeong-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-400, Republic of Korea ‡ Interdisciplinary Programs of Functional Genomics, ...

This is the first of two articles about what makes for a good day in science. If you have an insight or anecdote to share, please get in touch at ...

aDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China bKey Laboratory of Rehabilitation Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, ...

It mimics phosphate, kills cancer cells in the lab and almost changed how we treat diabetes. So why has a vanadium compound never made it to the clinic? While most chemists will be familiar with ...

The biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostic techniques, and history of the introduction of Trypanosoma (Duttonella) vivax in the New World are reviewed. The two main immunological responses of ...

Chagas disease, resulting from the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is an important cause of heart failure, stroke, arrhythmia, and sudden death. Traditionally regarded as a tropical disease found only in ...