Just like humans, Caenorhabditis elegans worms encounter gut-attacking bacterial pathogens through their diet. To thrive in their new hosts, bacteria seek out iron. To protect their iron supplies, ...

Disease-causing microorganisms can alter the social behaviour of their hosts. Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite worms exposed to an infectious bacterial strain become attracted to a mixture of ...

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

A newly identified "hot line" connects a worm's nervous system to its immune system. Researchers have discovered a communications “hot line” that lets a worm's nervous system dial the immune system to ...

Infections with worms from the filarial group, also known as filariasis, can lead to river blindness and, if left untreated, to elephantiasis—a disease in which extremities become greatly enlarged due ...