Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development, genetics, ecology and evolution of these organisms ...

What started as an innocent dare ended up being a tragic story for a 19-year-old who was left paralysed for eight years. Look ...

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It was a dare that changed the trajectory of an teenager's life forever, which his now-adult friends are still reeling from.

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Australian teenager Sam Ballard ate a slug at a friend's party after being dared to do so, and quickly became unwell with ...

Rugby player Sam Ballard was just 19 when he swallowed a slug at a friend's party. The decision would have devastating ...

Sam Ballard died at the age of 28 after eating a slug as a dare when he was a teenager. The consequences proved to be ...

Parasite genomics is the scientific discipline concerned with the study of the genetic material (genome) of parasites, primarily using sequencing, bioinformatics and computational tools. The ...

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