El parásito que controla el comportamiento de los lobos...y de los humanos
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Hace unos días se publicó un artículo en la revista Communications Biology en el que se exponían los resultados de un trabajo…
Hace unos días se publicó un artículo en la revista Communications Biology en el que se exponían los resultados de un trabajo…
Every Halloween we scare ourselves with wicked creatures that seem to come straight from our imaginations.But many of these…
Toxoplasma gondi, le parasite cérébral qui pourrait modifier le comportement humain et faire aimer les chats. Il est probable…
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that reproduces in cats and can infect humans, is known to alter behaviour. A recent study shows…
A new study shows that U.S. students infected with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite are more likely to be business managers and…
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Does Reddit have a case of the T. Gondii? Toxoplasma gondii is arguably one of the most interesting parasites known to nature.
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Toxoplasma gondii requires the cat digestive system for reproduction, so it hitches a ride in a rat (courtesy of flickr user…
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They walk freely among us, unheeded. Infected by brain parasites, behaviours subtly altered. Two billion infected, and…
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I'm not really obsessed with Toxoplasma gondii but you have to admire this organism. Read on to see why.I discussed T.gondii in…
It’s time to revisit that grand old parasite, the brain-infecting Toxoplasma. The more we learn about it, the more marvelously…