Scientists have identified the stem cells that allow tapeworms to regenerate and found that their location in proximity to the head is essential, according to a new study in eLife. These novel ...

Scientists have identified the stem cells that allow tapeworms to regenerate and found that their location in proximity to the head is essential, according to a new study in eLife.

Just 300 infections of the Spirometra tapeworm were recorded between 1953 and 2013, but they’re thought to be more common in parts of Asia. The rural nature of more affected populations means ...

Only when the tapeworm head and neck were left intact could the tapeworm continuously regenerate segments. Next, they tested whether the neck contains special stem cells that allow tapeworms to ...

The tapeworm’s head adheres to the intestine wall and the segments of the body, called proglottids, grow as it feeds off the food the host is digesting. Yes, I know, not pleasant to think about ...

For years he had suffered from splitting headaches then Texan Gerardo Moctezuma got a mind blowing diagnosis -- there were tapeworms in his head.

Surgeons at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge had to surgically remove the tapeworm from the man’s head because there is no known treatment for the condition. According to CNN, ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A Sacramento State student had a close call after doctors found a tapeworm in his brain. "I'm just happy that I'm here right now, because if I would've went in a half hour ...

NAPA, Calif. (AP) – A California man went to an emergency room with a terrible headache and nausea, slipped into a coma, and was told a tapeworm larva had been living in his brain when he woke ...

A tapeworm revealed in a micrograph film, 1986. Centers for Disease Control. Dr. Jonathan Rasouli, chief neurosurgery resident at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, told ...

But when the tapeworm grew its head, it knew where it was the same way you knew when you grew yours. [Edited a bit to address questions from commenters.] 4th of July Sale - 25% OFF!