45 years on: How serotonin makes schistosome parasites move ( Public Library of Science ) Schistosoma mansoni and its close relatives are parasitic flatworms that affect millions worldwide and kill an estimated 250,000 people a year. A study published on Jan. 16 in PLOS Pathogens identifies a new part of the molecular pathway that controls parasite movement. And because coordinated movement is essential for the schistosome life cycle in its human host ...
Jan. 16, 2014 - EurekAlert!