Researchers have found that the fungus Cordyceps militaris contains a key ingredient that could be used to attack tumor cells ...

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Ivermectin is an antiparasitic agent, and its potential as an anticancer agent has recently attracted increasing attention.

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

An international team of researchers have developed a promising new drug that could help combat the spread of ...

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“It’s similar enough that we could identify it,” he says, “but different enough that it’s possible that you could design a ...

Human use of parasitoid wasps or other natural enemies to control pest populations is known as biological control, or ...