Joint research led by Yu Toyoshima and Yuichi Iino of the University of Tokyo has demonstrated individual differences in and successfully extracted commonalities from the whole-brain activity of ...

Scientists have manipulated hundreds of genes to create roundworms that are sleek and trim -- a feat that could someday lead to new obesity treatments for people. Harvard biologist Gary Ruvkun used a ...

A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Two people in the South Bay area of Los ...

(KTLA) — A rare parasitic infection that is linked to raccoons has been detected in two people in Southern California, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced. Baylisascaris ...

Six family members were sickened with a rare parasitic disease caused by roundworm larvae after they ate kebabs made of bear meat. A report published this week by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

"The results show both an expansion of the roundworm's distribution area and stable infection occurrence at high levels in German raccoon populations," Klimpel explains. The analysis revealed that the ...