There are many layers within the skull that protect the brain from injuries, but is there an organism that can worm its way into the brain. Neurocysticercosis (NC) is caused by an infection of the larval cystic form of Taenia solium in the central nervous system (CNS) (Gripper and Welburn, 2017). It is one of Read the full article…
The discovery of antibiotics is one of the most important medical discoveries in history (Hutchings, Truman and Wilkinson, 2019). Over the last century, we have seen drastic development of new antibiotics, which are used in a number of cases, such as treatment of infections, treatment of cancer, and in aquaculture (Hutchings, Truman and Wilkinson, 2019). Read the full article…
Chagas disease is referred to as a silenced disease as it typically affects low-income communities, leading to a lack of motivation to find effective treatments (Alonso-Vega, et al., 2019). As a result, many people suffering with Chagas disease are driven into the cycle of poverty. This condition affects approximately 7 million people, mainly in Latin Read the full article…
The name ‘tree man illness’ is a reference to the yellow-brown growths, as seen in Figure 1, which resemble tree bark that develop as a symptom of Epidermodysplasia verruciformis (EV) (Swati, et al., 2017). EV is a disease that results from a mutation on the EVER genes (McDermott, et al., 2009). Mutations that occur in Read the full article…