Cancer cells transmitted from a common tapeworm appear to have caused cancer-like tumors in a Colombian man with HIV -- the first known case of what's called "malignant transformation," U.S. health ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) --An HIV-positive man in Colombia died with cancerous tumors originating from a dwarf tapeworm in his body, a case that baffled his doctors and scientists at the Centers for ...

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(HealthDay News) — Cancer cells transmitted from a common tapeworm appear to have caused cancer-like tumors in a Colombian man with HIV — the first known case of malignant transformation, U.S. health ...

It’s a medical development that seems like something out of a sci-fi movie — even to the people reporting it. Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have revealed they found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A microscopic image of a tapeworm. (Photo: Getty Images) Stunned scientists described on Wednesday the first known case of a man ...

Aside from causing diarrhea, weakness, and sometimes deadly malnutrition, tapeworms can also apparently give us cancer. The Colombian patient also had HIV, which prevented his immune system from ...

The recent report of a tapeworm infection turning into possible cancer inside a 41-year-old man sounds more like a horror movie premise than science. But it is real, and has led to questions about ...

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A unique clinical case shows that cells from a common tapeworm can proliferate and cause tumors once the parasite grows in people with weakened immune systems. The case is described by researchers ...