Grant brings NYBC scientists one step closer to developing a preventive vaccine ready for first-in-human trials by 2020

A research group at University Bonn uncovers how plants detect and defeat parasitic worms

DNA of a common insect parasite could help fight dengue, Zika, and malaria

To better understand, prevent, and treat diseases passed from insects to people, the Cornell-led Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases will launch later this month

Two new studies provide an unprecedented look into the genome, transcriptome, and proteome of the river blindness parasite and its bacterial endosymbiont, Wolbachia

Soybeans are the second largest crop in the U.S. and bring in about $37 billion each year

Details about the proposed new genus and species, Baracktrema obamai, are presented in an article in the current issue of The Journal of Parasitology

Discovery finds a drug that can be given orally

For the study, a consortium of international researchers contributed strains of T. gondii from more than a dozen countries spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia

By understanding exactly how new drug candidates stop malaria, researchers aim to reveal more about the parasite’s vulnerabilities