Hopkins scientists link immune response to 'ghost' parasites and severely congested sinuses
...lthy people. However, when turned on by so-called ghost parasites, the potent inflammatory response is medically very difficult to control. Researchers say that although chitin, a rigid chemical compound common to fungi, insects and roundworms, is not naturally found in the human body, the presence of i......have been produced on dry ground or categorized as ghost traces, possible undertracks preserved in lower layers of sediment. "The trackway at La Virgen del Campo opens the door to several new areas of research," said Costeur. "New biomechanical modeling will increase our understanding of dinosaur physi...