Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the ...

Human hookworms, or necator americanus, pictured left, are sold as larvae which are applied to the skin in a bandage. They burrow through skin and mature as they move through the body, which means ...

MEDICS were shocked to learn a woman’s iron deficiency was caused by worms feeding off her body. The 75-year-old woman visited the doctor in China after experiencing weakness, poor appetite, … ...

This is a continuation of yesterday’s essay on Boobus Americanus and voting. We can all, I think, agree that obstacles to voting have no place in the American electoral system. But — and I ...

In a study that will make many toes curl, volunteers were deliberately infected with up to 40 hookworm (Necator americanus) larvae. After two years, ...

Those who were infected with even more larvae only saw their scores drop from 2.4 to 2.0. Meanwhile, the placebo group saw a median increase in their scores of 0.8 units. "These lowered HOMA-IR values ...

They received either 20 or 40 microscopic larvae of the human hookworm species Necator americanus; another group took a placebo. A close-up of Nectator americanus , showing the tiny hooks it uses ...

Using live hookworms to combat diabetes may sound like a case of the treatment being worse than the disease, but researchers are hopeful their small trial will eventually lead to drugs to help people ...

Of the 40 participants, 27 were infected with either 20 or 40 Necator americanus larvae, while 13 were given placebos. ... Hookworm larvae to be injected into coeliacs in trial.

As not to overwhelm, let us begin by focusing on STHs. The three most commonly found in the country are the roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides), whipworms (Trichuris trichiura), and hookworms (Necator ...