We're about to dive into the world of parasitology, taking a close look at one of the most common parasitic worms infecting ...

The team, led by researchers at Harvard Medical School, found BPP and its byproducts were internalized in worms at similar ...

Common plastic chemical benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) causes DNA damage, resulting in cell death and abnormal chromosome ...

Phthalate affects egg formation in C. elegans, resulting in abnormal chromosome numbers. A recent study conducted on roundworms has discovered that a common plastic ingredient can cause DNA strand ...

It is believed the meat was undercooked, leaving about half of the people who ate it infected by potentially deadly roundworms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report ...

A chemical in common-use plastics may cause DNA damage and infertility in women, a new Harvard Medical School study shows.

Ten people, including a 10-year-old child ... "You get the infection by eating the immature form of the roundworm (larvae) in raw or undercooked meat." Of the 35 attendees at the gathering ...

Most people who visit a doctor when they feel unwell seek a diagnosis and a treatment plan. But for some 30 million Americans ...

A gathering in North Carolina last year resulted in 10 probable cases of a parasitic infection from undercooked bear meat, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

According to a press release from the CDC, black bears are common hosts for the roundworm parasite Trichinella, which when consumed by humans could cause fever, myalgia, and facial swelling.

elegans, a transparent roundworm comprised of less than 1,000 ... discovery might be irrelevant to more complex animals such as humans.[10] However, in 2000, Ruvkun’s research group published ...

Trichinellosis occurs when people eat undercooked or raw meat harboring dormant roundworm larvae, the report said. Cooking wild game meat to an internal temperature of at least 165 degrees ...