A recurring fantasy in science fiction is the implantation of tiny elements in peoples’ brains, which would be used to control and direct our actions and emotions. Regardless of the direction that ...

(Олег Мороз/Unsplash) Having a cat as a pet is linked to an increased risk of schizophrenia-related conditions, according to ...

Parasites take an enormous toll on human and veterinary health. But researchers may have found a way for patients with brain disorders and a common brain parasite to become frenemies. A new study ...

But since toxoplasmosa gondii evolved to move between rats and cats, its neurological alterations are most prominent in those creatures. “If you’re a rat, and you get infected with it, it makes it so ...

Work could contribute to a One Health approach to tackling the parasite, developing strategies that benefit both human and ...

New UBC research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite to wildlife in densely populated urban areas. The study—the first to ...

Researchers have discovered that Toxoplasma parasites lay dormant and undetected inside neurons (brain cells) and muscle cells by releasing proteins that switch off the cells' ability to alert the ...

Around a third of us are infected with a brain parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. This single-celled creature spreads to humans from cats, and has a tendency to change the behaviour of its hosts. Now, ...

New research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite to wildlife in densely populated urban areas. New UBC research suggests ...