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In high enough concentrations, milkweed can kill a horse, or a human. To be able to eat this plant, monarchs evolved a set of unusual cellular mutations. New UC Riverside research shows the animals that prey on monarchs also evolved these same mutations.

It’s likely that billions of people are unaware they have been infected with parasitic worms. A UC Riverside scientist has won $1.8 million to try and understand why. The National Institutes of Health granted an Outstanding Investigator Award to Adler Dillman, an assistant professor of parasitology, so he can shed...

Some of what scientists know about how parasitic nematodes damage their host’s tissues may be missing the mark

UC Riverside researchers show that in parasitic worm infection both the host and the worm produce cannabis-like molecules

UCR research finding no relationship between nematode species and microbial profile suggests marine worms don’t have a restrictive diet