Most people don’t get excited about intestinal parasite eggs preserved in 500-year-old human feces. But Marissa Ledger isn't like most people.

Schistosoma sex-biased Bantam and miR-1989 microRNAs shed light on the roles of ovarian development and egg production in females by targeting Wnt signaling pathway. This study reveals that the ...

Schistosoma mansoni egg recovered from the medieval latrine in Bruges. Black bar represents 20 µm. Credit: Marissa Ledger, McMaster University Evidence of a 500-year-old African parasite in Bruges ...

Schistosoma sex-biased Bantam and miR-1989 microRNAs shed light on the roles of ovarian development and egg production in females by targeting Wnt signaling pathway.

Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum primarily affect ... it can also result in tissue damage through chronic inflammation. Schistosome eggs deposited in the liver induce a robust ...

The spread of avian influenza (HPAI) has also impacted the nationwide supply of poultry products, including eggs. Experts discuss whether it's safe to continue eating eggs.

However, Houchins added that yolk color can determine how much carotenoids are in an egg, which is linked to good eye health, as well as lowered risk of cancer, diabetes and bodily inflammation, ...

By about 1900 the observations of Hertwig, Fol, and others were brought together to make the now-familiar picture: a single sperm cell penetrates the egg cell; the nucleus of the sperm merges with the ...

With the high price of eggs right now, it can be disheartening to open the carton at home and see that one or two of the eggs have cracked – either in transit on the way back from the grocery ...

With 66 human cases and one death from bird flu in the current outbreak, there are several ways Americans could become sick.