Echinococcosis is a zoonosis caused by cestodes of the genus Echinococcus (family
Taeniidae). This serious and near-cosmopolitan disease continues to be a significant public …

The number of publicly available parasitic worm genome sequences has increased
dramatically in the past three years, and research interest in helminth functional genomics is …

Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) and platyhelminths (flatworms) cause debilitating
chronic infections of humans and animals, decimate crop production and are a major …

Echinococcoses require the involvement of specialists from nearly all disciplines;
standardization of the terminology used in the field is thus crucial. To harmonize …

In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

Here, we provide an update of our review on homeobox genes that we wrote together with
Walter Gehring in 1994. Since then, comprehensive surveys of homeobox genes have …

High-throughput sequencing technologies are revolutionizing the life sciences. The past 12
months have seen a burst of genome sequences from non-model organisms, in each case …

Biomphalaria snails are instrumental in transmission of the human blood fluke Schistosoma
mansoni. With the World Health Organization's goal to eliminate schistosomiasis as a global …

Taenia solium neurocysticercosis (NCC) is endemic in most of the world and contributes
significantly to the burden of epilepsy and other neurological morbidity. Also present in …

Cystic echinococcosis (hydatid disease), caused by the tapeworm E. granulosus, is
responsible for considerable human morbidity and mortality. This cosmopolitan disease is …