A brain parasite infects the very cells meant to stop it. Scientists now know how the body still manages to fight back.

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New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause ...

A common parasite expands across species by abandoning sex, boosting short-term spread while risking long-term collapse.