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The parasite, for some reason, really reacts strongly with marine mammals, it has a disproportionate effect on monk seals … The worst part about it is, it seems to target females, especially pregnant females. – Ryan Jenkinson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
But parasites are at least as important as predation, to be a parasite is an easy way to make a living in the natural world. – John Vucetich	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The parasite effectively eats chunks of the jaw bone. This extremely nasty condition causes severe damage and pain around the mouth, throat and esophagus, making simple things like eating and drinking unpleasant to nearly impossible. – Dean Lomax	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think the fact that Asian Americans are rooting for' Parasite' is because we still aren't even seeing ourselves in main dramatic roles, the more Asians succeed on the international stage, I think Asian Americans do feel like that will then open up more opportunities for Asian-American actors in Hollywood. – Crazy Rich Asians	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think the fact that Asian Americans are rooting for' Parasite' is because Nancy Wang Yuen still aren't even seeing Nancy Wang Yuen in main dramatic roles, the more Asians succeed on the international stage, I think Asian Americans do feel like that will then open up more opportunities for Asian-American actors in Hollywood. – Crazy Rich Asians	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I can see a world where 'Parasite' could be a dark horse candidate. It's so beloved. Once we get past that, there is probably a chance for 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. – Alison Willmore	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Right now, it's looking like '1917''s to lose, i can see a world where 'Parasite' could be a dark horse candidate. It's so beloved. Once we get past that, there is probably a chance for 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. – Alison Willmore	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The malaria parasite is one of the very ancient parasites, it's a very complicated creature : it can change its shape, it can change its biology, and that makes it much harder to develop new drugs and new therapeutics. – Jake Baum	Found on CNN 4 years ago
A parasite cannot live alone – Ovambo Proverb	added by anonymous 4 years ago
The USDA breeds up to 100 kittens a year, feeds them parasite-infected meat in order to have the parasite's eggs harvested for use in other experiments, and then kills the kittens, this bill would essentially stop this process. – Jeff Merkley	Found on CNN 5 years ago
People carrying malaria parasite already have a signature scent, and we know if dogs can smell drugs, food and other substances, they should be able to detect this smell on clothing, too. – Steve Lindsay	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is useful in countries like South Africa, close to elimination, or Sri Lanka, that has eliminated malaria. How do you locate that one person in a million people carrying the parasite in a country that has recorded no infection without doing invasive tests ? – Steve Lindsay	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have suffered so much, i do n’t want anyone else to go through this ; he’s going to be permanently scarred. WOMAN CLAIMS SHE NEARLY LOST LEG AFTER CONTRACTING SERIOUS INFECTION FROM PEDICURE Hookworms are known as soil-transmitted parasite worms, and typically live in the small intestine. The eggs are transmitted through feces of an infected person, and the larvae can mature into a form that can penetrate through the skin of humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC), hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. While most patients do not suffer any symptoms or side effects, some may experience gastrointestinal issues. The teen allegedly felt the worms moving throughout his body after a dermatologist tried to freeze them. ( Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook) In a series of graphic photos posted on Friday, Kellie Mulhollen Dumas detailed her son’s injuries and said that after four trips to the pediatrician and an appointment with a dermatologist, he has been prescribed several medicines and a steroid but the pain persists. Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook -RRB- still ca n’t wear shoes and has to soak the afflicted areas in bleach water. NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN DIES AFTER YELLOW JACKET STING, WIFE SAYS. – Kellie Mulhollen Dumas	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The problem is that these GM mutants have a fitness cost, current studies are addressing this issue, trying to find ways of making these mosquitoes as competitive as the wild type. One way of perhaps doing this is to inactivate the parasite-host factor, FREP1, in the adult female gut only, as opposed to the entire mosquito at all developmental stages. One can also integrate our strategy with a so-called gene-drive to more effectively drive the mutation into a mosquito population. – George Dimopoulos	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
What the parasite does to the body takes a long time; (it) slowly goes into the heart and destroys it, we have measured accurately the risk of death, (as) a lot of mortality data doesn't account for Chagas. – Ester Cerdeira Sabino	Found on CNN 6 years ago
What happens is that the parasite gets into humans -- humans are not the host that it can complete its life cycle in, as opposed to being in a rat -- so when it gets in a human, it can get lost, and it will go to the brain, and it'll stay there, when it gets to the brain, you can have eosinophilic meningitis. – Stockdale Walden	Found on CNN 7 years ago
We've discovered that the parasite causing African sleeping sickness has existed for thousands of years without having sex and is now suffering the consequences of this strategy, theoretically ... the predicted consequence of this is that it will become extinct in the long-term. – Willie Weir	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This new resistance locus is particularly interesting because it lies so close to genes that are gatekeepers for the malaria parasite's invasion machinery, we now need to drill down at this locus to characterise these complex patterns of genetic variation more precisely and to understand the molecular mechanisms by which they act. – Dominic Kwiatkowski	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We were keen to study the latrine, in case there was evidence for parasite species that shouldn't be in the region, which would indicate the presence of travelers. – Piers Mitchell	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
A better understanding of how this milder parasite may protect against the more lethal form of the disease could generate new approaches to reducing severe illness and deaths from malaria. – Mark Woolhouse	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Our results suggest seeking a simple vaccine that could protect cows from East Coast fever by inoculating them with a related but far less harmful parasite, a similar process might be at work in malaria, where infection with the less harmful Plasmodium vivax parasite may protect people from the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. – Mark Woolhouse	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
(The drugs) cause a reduction in the parasite so when the mosquito bites the person it doesn't transmit the disease. – Neeraj Mistry	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In catching those last few cases, that's when diagnostics become important, [Then we can] know if the parasite has been completely eliminated from the population. – Neeraj Mistry	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The perfect host requires the perfect parasite. – Adopted from Lance Fusco.	added by anonymous 13 years ago

The parasite, for some reason, really reacts strongly with marine mammals, it has a disproportionate effect on monk seals … The worst part about it is, it seems to target females, especially pregnant females.

– Ryan Jenkinson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

But parasites are at least as important as predation, to be a parasite is an easy way to make a living in the natural world.

– John Vucetich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The parasite effectively eats chunks of the jaw bone. This extremely nasty condition causes severe damage and pain around the mouth, throat and esophagus, making simple things like eating and drinking unpleasant to nearly impossible.

– Dean Lomax

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think the fact that Asian Americans are rooting for' Parasite' is because we still aren't even seeing ourselves in main dramatic roles, the more Asians succeed on the international stage, I think Asian Americans do feel like that will then open up more opportunities for Asian-American actors in Hollywood.

– Crazy Rich Asians

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I think the fact that Asian Americans are rooting for' Parasite' is because Nancy Wang Yuen still aren't even seeing Nancy Wang Yuen in main dramatic roles, the more Asians succeed on the international stage, I think Asian Americans do feel like that will then open up more opportunities for Asian-American actors in Hollywood.

– Crazy Rich Asians

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I can see a world where 'Parasite' could be a dark horse candidate. It's so beloved. Once we get past that, there is probably a chance for 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'.

– Alison Willmore

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Right now, it's looking like '1917''s to lose, i can see a world where 'Parasite' could be a dark horse candidate. It's so beloved. Once we get past that, there is probably a chance for 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'.

– Alison Willmore

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The malaria parasite is one of the very ancient parasites, it's a very complicated creature : it can change its shape, it can change its biology, and that makes it much harder to develop new drugs and new therapeutics.

– Jake Baum

Found on CNN
4 years ago

A parasite cannot live alone

– Ovambo Proverb

added by anonymous
4 years ago

The USDA breeds up to 100 kittens a year, feeds them parasite-infected meat in order to have the parasite's eggs harvested for use in other experiments, and then kills the kittens, this bill would essentially stop this process.

– Jeff Merkley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

People carrying malaria parasite already have a signature scent, and we know if dogs can smell drugs, food and other substances, they should be able to detect this smell on clothing, too.

– Steve Lindsay

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is useful in countries like South Africa, close to elimination, or Sri Lanka, that has eliminated malaria. How do you locate that one person in a million people carrying the parasite in a country that has recorded no infection without doing invasive tests ?

– Steve Lindsay

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have suffered so much, i do n’t want anyone else to go through this ; he’s going to be permanently scarred. WOMAN CLAIMS SHE NEARLY LOST LEG AFTER CONTRACTING SERIOUS INFECTION FROM PEDICURE Hookworms are known as soil-transmitted parasite worms, and typically live in the small intestine. The eggs are transmitted through feces of an infected person, and the larvae can mature into a form that can penetrate through the skin of humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC), hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. While most patients do not suffer any symptoms or side effects, some may experience gastrointestinal issues. The teen allegedly felt the worms moving throughout his body after a dermatologist tried to freeze them. ( Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook) In a series of graphic photos posted on Friday, Kellie Mulhollen Dumas detailed her son’s injuries and said that after four trips to the pediatrician and an appointment with a dermatologist, he has been prescribed several medicines and a steroid but the pain persists. Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook -RRB- still ca n’t wear shoes and has to soak the afflicted areas in bleach water. NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN DIES AFTER YELLOW JACKET STING, WIFE SAYS.

– Kellie Mulhollen Dumas

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The problem is that these GM mutants have a fitness cost, current studies are addressing this issue, trying to find ways of making these mosquitoes as competitive as the wild type. One way of perhaps doing this is to inactivate the parasite-host factor, FREP1, in the adult female gut only, as opposed to the entire mosquito at all developmental stages. One can also integrate our strategy with a so-called gene-drive to more effectively drive the mutation into a mosquito population.

– George Dimopoulos

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

What the parasite does to the body takes a long time; (it) slowly goes into the heart and destroys it, we have measured accurately the risk of death, (as) a lot of mortality data doesn't account for Chagas.

– Ester Cerdeira Sabino

Found on CNN
6 years ago

What happens is that the parasite gets into humans -- humans are not the host that it can complete its life cycle in, as opposed to being in a rat -- so when it gets in a human, it can get lost, and it will go to the brain, and it'll stay there, when it gets to the brain, you can have eosinophilic meningitis.

– Stockdale Walden

Found on CNN
7 years ago

We've discovered that the parasite causing African sleeping sickness has existed for thousands of years without having sex and is now suffering the consequences of this strategy, theoretically ... the predicted consequence of this is that it will become extinct in the long-term.

– Willie Weir

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This new resistance locus is particularly interesting because it lies so close to genes that are gatekeepers for the malaria parasite's invasion machinery, we now need to drill down at this locus to characterise these complex patterns of genetic variation more precisely and to understand the molecular mechanisms by which they act.

– Dominic Kwiatkowski

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were keen to study the latrine, in case there was evidence for parasite species that shouldn't be in the region, which would indicate the presence of travelers.

– Piers Mitchell

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

A better understanding of how this milder parasite may protect against the more lethal form of the disease could generate new approaches to reducing severe illness and deaths from malaria.

– Mark Woolhouse

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Our results suggest seeking a simple vaccine that could protect cows from East Coast fever by inoculating them with a related but far less harmful parasite, a similar process might be at work in malaria, where infection with the less harmful Plasmodium vivax parasite may protect people from the Plasmodium falciparum parasite.

– Mark Woolhouse

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

(The drugs) cause a reduction in the parasite so when the mosquito bites the person it doesn't transmit the disease.

– Neeraj Mistry

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In catching those last few cases, that's when diagnostics become important, [Then we can] know if the parasite has been completely eliminated from the population.

– Neeraj Mistry

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The perfect host requires the perfect parasite.

– Adopted from Lance Fusco.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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