Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a specific enzyme inside immune cells that keeps Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most common brain parasites on the planet, ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent ...

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...

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 carry (SN: ...