We are a virologist and an entomologist who study insect-borne and viral diseases and how human and insect immune systems ...

Insect immunity may display hitherto unsuspected molecular complexity. Researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston investigated whether Dscam – a gene made famous by its prolific alternative ...

bassiana to trick the fruit fly immune system into activating the master ... bassiana infects multiple insect species, but not mammals. However, in principle, this study shows that other fungal ...

Parasitoid wasps sometimes lay eggs in unsuitable host insects, a behavior that has traditionally been considered accidental.

The researchers cultured a fungus that, in the wild, kills insects in about a week ... a drone “triggers an up-regulation of the immune system,” the study says. “The impact of mating ...

Cells known as haemocytes play an important role in the caterpillar immune system. Like our white blood cells, these help development and growth. Some haemocytes can envelop and destroy tiny microbial ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted by tick bites. It often causes rash, fever, headaches, fatigue, and other ...

“They’re under the skin and part of our immune system,” Dr Jakob says ... Can spit alleviate the symptoms of insect bites and stings? Yes, but not because of any special substances it ...