US researchers have genetically modified hookworms to produce and secrete specific antibodies. This is a “first step” towards ...

In a proof-of-concept lab experiment, scientists demonstrated that intestinal parasites could make and release therapeutic ...

A GENETICALLY modified worm could deliver essential treatment inside your body for IBS or diabetes, research has suggested.

Scientists have found over a dozen parasitic worms in the eyes of a black bear, renewing fears that humans could face an emerging danger from the tiny worms that can cause blindness. The black bear ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WALB) - The Carter Center reports that the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s goal of eradicating Guinea worm disease remains on track, with 14 provisional human cases reported worldwide ...

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Threadworms, which are a type of parasitic nematode, spend a lot of time crawling around on human skin, poking and prodding to find the best place for entry before burrowing in. But disrupting a ...

The comedian Shappi Khorsandi once commented that she used the mythical concept of "sugar worms" to get her children to brush their teeth after sweets. It's a trick I poached to convince my daughter ...

Human tau-whether normal or a disease-causing mutant-does not make for a healthy C. elegans. In the Early Edition of PNAS, Gerry Schellenberg and colleagues report that both types of transgenic tau ...