Zombies are real—just ask the parasites taking over the bodies and brains of insects and rodents

Zombies have taken many forms in popular culture. In Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video, corpses climb out of their graves and perform an impressively coordinated dance. In HBO's "The Last of Us ...
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3 One-Season Anime Live-Action Shows to Binge on Netflix This Weekend

Three anime and manga adaptations bring horror, heartbreaking mysteries, and first-love butterflies to Netflix. Which one ...

Zombies are real – just ask the parasites taking over the bodies and brains of insects and rodents, leading them to their doom

Ophiocordyceps is not the only organism capable of changing a host’s behavior.
Nature

Where have all the saucers flown?

Now they have cheesy roadside attractions with animated space aliens waving outside the door.” Intrigued, Lili asked “What ...

‘Hope’ movie review: One Shibal After Another

A kinetic, deliriously unrestrained look at Na Hong-jin’s alien thriller Hope, blending dread, chaos, and dark humor in a non ...

A parasite carried by one-third of humanity can't reproduce if one key protein is disabled

A protein discovered in a Virginia Tech–led study may open a gateway to treatments for a parasite responsible for a deadly ...
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South Texas Brain & Spine explains neurocysticercosis: How parasites can affect the brain

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Frontiers

From parasite chromatin to host immune reprogramming: linking developmental state, effector regulation, and persistence in Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma gondii establishes persistent infection despite sustained cell-mediated immune pressure, requiring coordinated regulation of parasite development and host immune responses. Parasite ...