The tissue-dwelling Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted by the black fly, can cause blindness when their larvae migrate through, and die within, the eyes. Perhaps the most extreme pathology is seen in ...

The debilitating parasitic disease, onchocerciasis, is all but vanquished in one corner of Sudan, thanks to a community-wide health effort. A series of rodent experiments showed that even with ...

River blindness is a parasitic disease caused by the worm Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted through the bites of infected blackflies that breed near fast-flowing rivers, leading to skin problems ...

Arterial vascular grafts are promising for vascular reconstruction but face risk of restenosis. Here, the authors report an electronic vascular conduit for in situ, long-term monitoring of ...

Donor tissue is used for many different orthopedic procedures. Often, this tissue comes from the cadaver of a deceased person who had agreed to have specific parts of their body donated for medical ...