Leishmaniasis is a dangerous yet neglected tropical disease affecting a vast population of the world. Several medicinal ...

The flagellated parasitic form, known as a promastigote, enters the mammalian host. The disease leishmaniasis is caused by the parasites, which, inside the host, develop into immotile, non-flagellated ...

Phylogenomics of neglected flagellated protists supports a revised eukaryotic tree of life Journal: Current Biology Published: 2024-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.075 Affiliations: 4 Authors: 4 ...

Three-dimensional images of the choanosome of hexactinellid sponges can help in explaining how these sponges mix cellular and syncytial tissues in a fine cobweb-like network. Plastic replicas of the ...

Actively motile, flagellated phytoplankton taxa often exploit vertical gradients in the availability of light and nutrients. The ability to move actively usually goes along with low investment in ...

Flagellated bacteria may therefore be an ancient element of the intestinal microbiome, and Lypd8 may be their long-time foe.

The ancestors of fungi are believed to be simple aquatic forms with flagellated spores, similar to members of the extant phylum Chytridiomycota (chytrids). Current classifications assume that ...

Engineers have recently published research on a method for using electric fields to help tiny bio-robots propelled by flagellated bacteria navigate around obstacles in a fluid environment. These ...

Mother Teresa is among famous Catholics who self-flagellated in some way, Barrett said. Catholics are not alone in choosing to inflict pain on themselves for religion reasons.

The late Pope John Paul flagellated himself regularly to emulate Christ's suffering and signed a secret document saying that would resign instead of ruling for life if he became incurably ill, a ...

Pope John Paul II flagellated himself regularly to imitate Christ’s suffering, according to a book published Tuesday by the Vatican official in charge of the process that could lead to the pope ...

ROME, (Reuters) - The late Pope John Paul flagellated himself regularly to imitate Christ’s suffering and signed a secret document saying he would ...