WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

Low levels of a microscopic parasite discovered in a Baltimore-area reservoir could sicken vulnerable residents, the city warned on Thursday. The microorganism Cryptosporidium, commonly found in lakes ...

A proof-of-concept clinical trial shows that genetic engineering of the malaria parasite by the precise removal of three genes (called GAP3KO) creates a parasite strain that infects humans, but cannot ...

Around 10,000 years ago, a parasite made a huge leap and found its way to a new host: Us. Around 10,000 years ago, somewhere in Africa, a microscopic parasite made a huge leap. With a little help from ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Zooming in on the motion of the microscopic, the winners of the Nikon Small World video contest offer up the closest one can get to shrinking down to the size of Ant-Man and experiencing the weird and ...