parasitic infections

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii not only resides on cats but also lives on any warm-blooded animal. People may be infected with T. gondii parasites when exposed to cat feces, or

When a 78-year-old woman was hospitalized in Guangzhou, China in November 2012 complained of a headache, stiffness and stiff neck, doctors were initially confused.

Research by American scientists at Dartmounth Institute in Hanover, New Hampshire, suggests the prospect of making vaccines against cancer from a parasite found in cat feces.