A microscopic parasite that quietly settles into the brain of humans and animals is not nearly as quiet as scientists once believed.

Love Cats? Here’s the hidden parasite they might be passing to you: Researchers have discovered a potential "off-switch" for ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii ...

Rajshekhar Gaji was staring at something that should not exist. Under his microscope, parasites that should have been thriving ...

3. Trypanohyncha ocellus T. ocellus is the lovable little eyeball octopus parasite. It attacks its host, removing an eyeball and then takes over entirely via connections to the brain. This may seem ...

Tajie Harris, PhD, is the director of the Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG Center) at the University of Virginia School ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world’s population ...