A world-first human trial at James Cook University using live hookworms to combat diseases such as type 2 diabetes has proven successful—sparking interest in staging a larger-scale international trial ...

A new collaboration between researchers at the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. will aid researchers in providing care for ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — The Companion Parasite Animal Council says they’re seeing a spike in hookworms cases in the Reno area. What exactly is hookworm? Well its a parasite that lives in ...

WASHINGTON (August 26, 2020) - A team led by researchers at the George Washington University (GW) has established a controlled human hookworm infection (CHHI) model to accelerate the development of ...

Monash University researchers have uncovered a key way that hookworms evade the immune system - providing new hope in the search for a vaccine. Hookworms infect nearly around 700 million people in the ...

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Treatment with hookworm larvae was well tolerated in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and although the primary outcome was not met there was some evidence of a beneficial therapeutic effect in ...

Parasitic worms could offer a new treatment hope for patients suffering from the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis, according to experts. Parasitic worms could offer a new treatment hope for ...