Groundbreaking study from Alex Loukas and Paul Brindley reporting the generation and propagation of the first heritable
transgenic #schistosome line! 🧪 🪱 #IDSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Here's a scanning electron #microscope image of an avian (bird) #schistosome larva penetrating human skin and causing "swimmer's itch."

Check out all the spikes decorating its forked tail! OUCH!!

(Photo credit: Curtis L Blankespoor)

#microscopy #parasitology #MPM2026