News
12d
The Brighterside of News on MSN30% of Americans are infected by a brain parasite that silently alters brain functionA microscopic parasite quietly infects the brains of millions worldwide. Known scientifically as Toxoplasma gondii, this tiny ...
16d
IFLScience on MSNCommon Brain Parasite Infecting Up To 30 Percent Of Americans Disrupts Neuron CommunicationNew research explains how a common brain parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, can disrupt brain functions, even when it only infects a small number of neurons. The microscopic parasite, which infects ...
A new study in Nature Microbiology tapped into the strange world of mind-bending parasites, specifically, Toxoplasma gondii. Perhaps best known for its ability to rid infected mice of their fear of ...
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite, is silently affects brain signaling - possibly altering neural balance even in people without ...
A study has revealed how up to 30 percent of Americans could be infected with a dangerous parasite. According to researchers ...
A mind-bending parasite may one day deliver drugs to the brain. Such proteins and the genes that produce them are often too big for viruses — the most common courier for gene therapy — to ...
Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including ...
Brain parasites are something that most people would naturally want to avoid, but maybe they can be used for good. A new study has found that a common brain parasite could be engineered to deliver ...
Bracha and her colleagues introduced the engineered parasite to human brain cells in vitro and found that the GRA16-MeCP2 protein bound to methylated DNA in a manner similar to normal MeCP2.
HEALTH warnings have been issued over salad bags due to potentially deadly contamination fears. The popular ready-to-eat ...
Even if modified, the T. gondii delivery parasites still managed to successfully cross the mice’s blood-brain barrier and deliver MeCP2 proteins. That said, as of right now T. gondii remains T ...
Can Parasites Deliver Medications to the Brain? "The parasite has three distinct secretion systems and we 'hitched a ride' on two of them", says Prof. Rechavi. "We did not intervene with the first ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results