App State researchers received $2.3M to commercialize an AI-driven microscope. The microscope automates fecal egg counting to identify livestock parasites faster. Tool aims to reduce disease, cut ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight ...

An international team of researchers has harnessed the potential of AI-powered technology to detect the presence of malaria parasites in returning travelers. As the World Health Organization advocates ...

The antimalarial drug, artemisinin packs a double whammy -- exploding inside malaria parasites and shutting down the waste disposal system that deals with the damage. Resistance to artemisinin, can be ...

In the rural parts of Uganda, lab technicians spend hours each day on thankless and seemingly unceasing work. The most common tests they run are for malaria. A technician smears a blood sample on a ...

Parasite extinction will have lasting and far-reaching consequences for biodiversity, and subsequently for humans. Kelly Speer Bat ticks (Ornithodoros) under a microscope. These parasites primarily ...

Malaria kills over 600,000 people a year, and as the climate warms, the potential range of the disease is growing. While some drugs can effectively prevent and treat malaria, resistance to those drugs ...

Archaeologists analyzing a Roman sewer at Vindolanda uncover evidence soldiers lived with chronic gut parasites despite ...

An analysis of sewer drains from a Roman fort has shown that the occupants were contaminated with three types of intestinal bugs.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Artificial intelligence is being integrated into phones, search engines, and recently, microscopes. At Appalachian State University, ...