New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis -- a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm -- have been revealed.

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis - a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

The researchers found that the activation of NLRP3 and AIM2 inflammasomes — proteins in immune cells that detect threats ... This species causes the intestinal and hepatic form of the disease ...

A 2021 study published in Nature shows that stress hormones suppress the cell activity needed for new hair growth. The researchers also found that stress can lead to premature hair graying as well.

This important study presents a transcriptomic analysis of enterochromaffin cells in the intestine. The evidence supporting the ... subpopulation of enteroendocrine cells preferentially located in the ...

Most of the time, the intestinal ... those cells to remain unresponsive to the harmless intruder. More recently, a small population of cells—the RORγt+ dendritic cells—has been found among ...