Mouse red blood cells infected with the parasite Babesia microti acquired the ability to move, offering new insight into host-pathogen interactions.

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria.

Avian blood parasites, predominantly comprising haemosporidians such as Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon, have emerged as significant factors influencing bird health, survival and ...

Parasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us recoil when ticks, tapeworms, fleas, head lice or bed bugs are even mentioned. Coming across such ...

Divya Beri is a postdoctoral researcher at the New York Blood Center. She studies how hosts resist parasite infections, aiming to identify new drug targets.

Scientists studying insects have identified a crucial biological mechanism responsible for increasing their survival against blood parasites. The finding, in which a high protein diet is linked to ...

Malaria parasites transform healthy red blood cells into rigid versions of themselves that clump together, hindering the transportation of oxygen. The infectious disease affects more than 200 million ...

An estimated 200 million people a year contract malaria, and the disease killed nearly 400,000 people in 2018 alone – now we are a small step closer to understanding why it is so hard to stop. The ...