thereby injecting its saliva and the parasite-containing gel into the person's skin. Rogers and his colleagues determined that in the early course of infection in mice, the gel plug recruited ...

Fat cells play a surprising role in combating parasites, according to a study published today (October 14) in Science Immunology, which finds that fatty tissue surrounding the intestinal tracts of ...

The researchers demonstrated that these genomic adjustments had not interfered with Toxoplasma’s trademark talent: When peripherally injected into mice, parasites carrying the fusion protein were ...

Rodents—such as mice—are reservoirs for many of these tick-borne pathogens, including the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and the parasite that causes babesiosis, among others. There has ...

Scientists used an engineered form of Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite found in cat poo, to deliver proteins to the brain in mice. In the past, neurological healthcare has been limited by the ...

Evolution 53:1318-1324. Meagher, S. and W. K. Potts. 1997. A microsatellite-based MHC genotyping system for house mice Mus domesticus). Hereditas 127:75-82. Becky Eichenseer: Becky is studying ...

loss or confounding of research data due to microorganisms and parasites; and risks of zoonotic diseases. The health surveillance program is directed and organized by ARP Veterinary Staff. Much ...