Parasitic Diseases

OP-ED: All We Are Saying is Give Tapeworms a Chance - Daily Maverick OP-ED: All We Are Saying is Give Tapeworms a Chance - Daily Maverick Potentially deadly tapeworm can affect dogs and humans alike - TheSpec.com 'If you cross your eyes, they'll get stuck like that' and other white lies parents tell their kids - Omaha World-Herald OP-ED: All We Are Saying is Give Tapeworms a Chance - Daily Maverick Posted: 29 Apr 2019 04:44 PM PDT 1966. Dimitri Tsafendas, the man who murdered South African Prime Minister, Dr HF Verwoerd, in parliament in September 1966. Sometimes madness can be an appropriate response to reality — a sentiment South Africans, heading to the polls on 8 May 2019 in the wake of the crazy State Capture era, should be able to understand as well as any other nation. Remember Dimitri Tsafendas? Van Gogh cut off his ear and invented modern art as we know it. Kurt Gödel, a frien...

Dangerous 'Kissing' Bug Marches North in US - Medscape Dangerous 'Kissing' Bug Marches North in US - Medscape CDC: Vile 'Kissing Bugs' Appear to Be Moving North - The Weather Channel Finding 'sweet spot' when deworming cattle - Beef Magazine Dangerous 'Kissing' Bug Marches North in US - Medscape Posted: 29 Apr 2019 11:02 AM PDT The CDC's recent report about a "kissing bug" identified in Delaware for the first time has sparked concerns as the potentially deadly bug marches its way north from Latin America through the Carolinas and beyond. Kissing bugs carry a parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can lead to serious heart and stomach problems. So are we in for a summer invasion of these bloodsucking insects that are far from romantic? Probably not, says kissing bug expert Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD, a post-doct...

The importance of calf health and vaccination discussed in Co. Kildare - Agriland The importance of calf health and vaccination discussed in Co. Kildare - Agriland Posted: 20 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT Farming on the Kildare/Carlow border, just outside Castledermot, Peter Byrne and his family run a dairy calf-to-beef operation in conjunction with a small suckler-to-beef enterprise. Peter is one of the 14 farmers involved in the Teagasc Green Acres Calf to Beef Programme. After originally starting off rearing 25-30 calves, 50 autumn-born calves were bought in 2018 and 74 more spring-born calves were purchased this spring. The autumn-born calves consist mainly of Friesian bulls with some Hereford heifers. A total of 120 Friesian, Angus and Hereford calves will be reared on the farm in 2019. When it comes to purchasing his calves, Peter buys his animals direct from dairy farms and prefers that they are at least three weeks old. When...

Tropical Worms Might Be the Cause, Cure for Some Cancers - Laboratory Equipment Tropical Worms Might Be the Cause, Cure for Some Cancers - Laboratory Equipment Posted: 01 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content] Tropical Worms Might Be the Cause, Cure for Some Cancers    Laboratory Equipment The parasitic worms that cause some forms of cancer may also hold the key to curing the disease. Tropical worms infect billions of people worldwide, primarily in ... You are subscribed to email updates from "How do you kill intestinal parasites" - Google News . To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States

Shocking video reveals dozens of mites, worms, midges and creepy crawlies lurking on vegetables - Daily Mail Shocking video reveals dozens of mites, worms, midges and creepy crawlies lurking on vegetables - Daily Mail Posted: 11 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT Next time you eat a salad, you won't be eating it alone. Those are the hair-raising words of a medical student who has released a shocking video showing the bugs that lurk on your vegetables. Martin Kaae Kristiansen, 28, used a powerful microscope to discover what lies on the surface of our fresh food. Mr Kristiansen bought just a few vegetables but discovered an abundance of creepy crawlies, including mites, roundworms, midges and larvae. Most of the organisms are harmless, but Mr Krisiansen said it highlights the importance of washing your veg before tucking in. Martin Kaae Kristiansen, 28, used a powerful microscope to discover what lies on the surface of our fresh f...

New CRISPR tool could eradicate viral diseases with long-range DNA shredding - The Next Web New CRISPR tool could eradicate viral diseases with long-range DNA shredding - The Next Web Posted: 17 Apr 2019 12:00 AM PDT An international team of scientists recently unveiled a new CRISPR -based tool capable of shredding long portions of targeted DNA strands. The new technique provides advantages over previous methods and could potentially lead to a cure for viral diseases such as herpes and hepatitis-C. The new tool is called Type I CRISPR-Cas3. It's a long-range DNA targeting and editing tool – it can delete longer sections of DNA than its predecessor, the Type II CRISPR–Cas9. The "Type I" and "Type II" distinctions indicate which kind of CRISPR bacteria DNA the tools are based on. The Cas3 version is the only CRISPR tool utilizing Type I, which is more commonly found in bacteria than Type II CRISPR DNA. It was dev...