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Just like we can now see the
parasite
in greater definition, my team and I are focused on understanding how our bodies overcome this complexity.
James managed it, finally, just a few years ago, by adding some genes that make it impossible for the malaria
parasite
to survive inside the mosquito.
Language is a
parasite
that we've adapted to, not something that was there originally for our genes, on this view.
And like most parasites, it can begin dangerous, but then it coevolves and adapts, and we end up with a symbiotic relationship with this new
parasite.
For example, death by
parasite
is not one of the top ways that people die, at least not in the technologically developed world.
Spread by a
parasite
found in local mosquitoes, malaria uses red blood cells as incubators to spread quickly and lethally through the bloodstream.
And if a child inherits a copy of the mutation from only one parent, there will be just enough abnormal hemoglobin to make life difficult for the malaria parasite, while most of their red blood cells retain their normal shape and function.
In regions rife with this parasite, sickle cell mutation offered a serious evolutionary advantage.
And what we found was that highly attractive trait that was there disappeared after they had cleared the infection, so it wasn't just that the people were more attractive, it was that the
parasite
was manipulating its host in some way to make it more attractive to mosquitoes, standing out like a beacon to attract more mosquitoes so that it could continue its life cycle.
Last year, hundreds of volunteer biology and chemistry researchers around the world worked together to sequence the genome of the
parasite
responsible for some of the developing world's worst diseases: African sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease.
Viruses are a type of organic
parasite
infecting nearly all forms of life.
So it wasn't just that the people were more attractive, it was that the
parasite
was manipulating its host in some way to make it more attractive to mosquitoes, standing out like a beacon to attract more mosquitoes so that it could continue its life cycle.
The pool expanded a little bit if we ignored one intracellular parasite; it expanded even more when we looked at core sets of genes of around 310 or so.
The
parasite
that causes malaria, though, can only complete its life cycle in normal, round red blood cells.
These are mosquitos who carry the malarial
parasite
which infests our blood when the mosy has had a free meal at our expense.
Now, Artesunate is a very effective drug at destroying the
parasite
in the early days of infection.
But over the past year or so, researchers in Cambodia have discovered that what's happening is the malarial
parasite
is developing a resistance.
Which is why the
parasite
is beginning to develop a resistance.
It's produced by the malaria
parasite
and it's a very interesting crystalline substance.
We also have another hemozoin-oriented therapy for malaria: a way, in acute cases, to actually take the malaria
parasite
and filter it out of the blood system.
So we thought, "Well, we've done all these things that are focused on the Plasmodium, the
parasite
involved.
And here you can see this
parasite
in action, like in an acrobatic maneuver.
And after a few days, depending upon temperature, the egg will hatch and the larva of this
parasite
will eat the aphid from the inside.
It turns out a small
parasite
that got dug up from the ice, had infected the research team.
The
parasite
attaches itself to the brain and causes paranoia and insanity.
All in all, it tries to be a
parasite
to the original, but compromised the message for a few quick laughs.
It has something to do with collagen-starved worm
parasite
creatures who are slowly taking over the human race, one body at a time.
This movie is chilling reminder of Bollywood being just a
parasite
of Hollywood.
Arthur was just a
parasite
because he did not work, he only enjoyed himself drinking hard and having fun with prostitutes.
A good blackmailer, like a good virus or parasite, never demands so much of the host that the host expires.
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