Bridget Ogilvie obituary: parasitologist who championed biomedical labs and scientific evidence

Credit: David Porter/Fairfax Media via Getty Bridget Ogilvie did pioneering work on how parasites evade their hosts’ immune systems by altering protein expression in response to host antibodies. Her early research centred on infections with parasitic worms ( helminths ), including roundworms and tapeworms, which are a source of widespread and potentially fatal diseases. …