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A new organism has been discovered in a pile of slime buried in a lake in Norway. The organism is so unusual that the scientific team which has examined it genetically are declaring that it should have its own location on the tree of life.
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As the United States Congress was deliberating and coming to an agreement on the $2.4 trillion debt limit increase, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke to pro-Kremlin youth activists where he called the U.S. an economic "parasite."
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Scientists have described an unusual case of reversible parasitism between insects: the wasp Dinocampus coccinellae takes control of a ladybug that carries an egg the wasp lays in its abdomen, bodyguards the larval cocoon, and, maybe, gets its life back.
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One of the latest diet crazes in Hong Kong, the practice of eating the giant intestinal Ascaris worms has become so popular that the nation's Department of Health decided to make a public statement in opposition to it.
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Malaria comes from sick Anopheles mosquitoes who bite humans injecting them with Plasmodium. Researchers know that mosquitoes like human have immune systems but a protozoan parasite is smarter than that immune system.
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Researchers believe the parasite taxoplasma gondii hijacks brain circuits in the amygdala, making the rat exhibit attraction when it should show fear.
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Have you had a bout of the stomach flu lately? Are you a fan of the pool? What those two questions have in common is a chlorine-resistant parasite that have been on the rise. Cryptosporidium is behind an illness that can leave you with pain for days.
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A parasitic plant that sucks water and nutrients from its plant host also taps into its communications traffic, a new report finds.
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Scientists in Australia have found a potential new way of combating malaria. The researchers believe that by targeting the eight genes that help malaria attack the body it's possible to prevent the infected red blood cells from sticking to blood vessels.
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A study by the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found a low cost screening strategy that will make it easier for poor countries to target and treat Chagas disease. The often fatal parasite ailment is found mainly in Latin America.
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The spread of an animal parasite across the UK may be hampering moves to curb cattle tuberculosis, research suggests.
 A fly parasite that latches onto honeybees causing them to abandon their hives and die after a bout of disoriented zombie-like behaviour could be a potential threat to honeybee colonies across North America, according to researchers at San Francisco State University.
A pervasive honey bee pest is being tackled by a research project that try to turn its natural defences against it.
 The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to consume Tour Eiffel brand Parisian Cooked Ham because it may be contaminated.
 Fish experts are worried about the Great Lakes. They say the sea lamprey is alive and well in Lake Erie. That could mean trouble for the native fish species in the lake.
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Ascaris lumbricoides. Injesting this Asian tapeworm parasite and hosting a growing colony of them has become a popular but dangerous weight loss technique in Asia recently.
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