The study tracked levels of antibodies in blood samples, which show responses to pathogen exposure. The increase in exposure ...

把活的寄生虫注射到人体内，以此激发免疫系统的“斗志”，让它们杀掉更大的敌人——癌细胞。这个听上去天方夜谭的抗癌思路，却有机会带来行之有效的抗癌疗法。 刚地弓形虫（Toxoplasma ...

Toxoplasma gondii and Borrelia spp. are two microorganisms known for their intriguing, and sometimes insidious, impacts on ...

Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential ...

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Can a common parasite help treat Alzheimer’s? Scientists say Toxoplasma gondii may open pathways to brain therapies for ...

1 But some pathogens have evolved mechanisms to sneak past these defenses. Perhaps the most successful invader is Toxoplasma gondii, a single-celled parasite that establishes chronic infections within ...

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Our research focus is to elucidate molecular mechanisms regulating cellular immune responses using the opportunistic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii. Proper immune system function is paramount for human ...

My research focuses around identifying and characterizing membrane fusion modulating proteins and mechanisms used by the obligate intracellular parasites Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and ...

Specifically, a microorganism called Toxoplasma gondii. Toxo, as it's colloquially known, has a baroque life cycle. It reproduces in cat species (like the cougars in Yellowstone) but then leaps to ...

Parasite genomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the genetic material (genome) of parasites, primarily using sequencing, bioinformatics and computational tools. The ...