In Georgia, a 15-centimeter living parasite was found in the human brain. "This is the first confirmed case of a live ...

Dinoflagellates play crucial roles in aquatic ecosystems, particularly as major contributors to harmful algal blooms. They ...

A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, ...

Brain metastases are one of the most severe complications of melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Researchers ...

A doctor shared the disturbing X-ray image of a patient who unknowingly had a nightmarish parasite living inside of him. The ...

A doctor has shared stomach-turning X-ray images of a man who had tapeworms breeding inside of him after he made a serious ...

A disturbing X-ray image shared by an emergency room doctor has revealed thousands of calcified tapeworm cysts throughout a patient's pelvis and legs. Dr Sam Ghali, Assistant Professor in Emergency ...

The eggs later mature into adult tapeworms in the gut over 5 to ... However, significant dangers arise when the cysts reach the brain and calcify, causing neurocysticercosis.

The parasite infects humans through eating raw or undercooked pork infested with larval cysts. Though the tapeworm can develop ... and even to the brain. This X-ray image is enough to make anyone ...

The patient was diagnosed with cysticercosis, a disease caused by the larval cysts of the tapeworm Taenia solium ... skin issues, and even brain infections known as neurocysticercosis, which ...