Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain
In a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors explain how they figured out the source of her fiery symptoms—worms burrowing into her brain. By this point, she was alert ...
Brain worms are more common than you think. Here’s what doctors who’ve treated them say.
Can parasites eat your brain? Hookworms in the belly can drink human blood. And some species of amoeba can swim up into the ...
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We Have to Talk About Brain Worms
But a dead worm in the brain stands a place apart from all of ... foodborne trematodiases; human African trypanosomiasis; leishmaniasis; leprosy; lymphatic filariasis; mycetoma ...
Alarming levels of microplastics found in human brains
A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.
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Worm study shows hyperactivated neurons cause aging-related behavioral decline
Researchers in Japan found that excessively activated neurons over time, rather than decreased neuronal activity, cause aging-related decline in brain function in nematodes.
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Genetically Engineered Parasites Smuggle Therapeutics into the Brain
Furthermore, the fusion protein altered gene expression in human brain organoids, suggesting ... When peripherally injected into mice, parasites carrying the fusion protein were still able to make ...
Researchers found a spoon's worth of nanoplastics in human brains — the latest evidence that plastic is accumulating in our bodies
Researchers studied samples of human brains and found high levels of microplastics, but it's unclear how they slip past the ...