If you're one of the millions who suffer from allergies, multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or other autoimmune diseases, Jasper Lawrence's innovative treatment may be more of a ...

Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The key step can be targeted to disrupt the development and survival of the parasite ...

Yale prides itself as a global university whose research has an impact far beyond the boundaries of its New Haven campus. A recent study conducted by Yale professors 6,000 miles away in the Democratic ...

Hookworms are parasites that affect the small intestine and lungs. Symptoms generally start with itchiness and a rash where the larvae entered your skin. Doctor-prescribed medications are effective ...

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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 ...

The Malaghan Institute has been exploring the potential therapeutic benefits of human hookworms for patients suffering allergic and inflammatory disease for a number of years. Funded by the Health ...

Proteins extracted from hookworm saliva may soon treat common autoimmune diseases following an injection of funds into a Queensland biotech startup. Blood-sucking hookworms loom as the next big thing ...

Parasitic hookworm therapy had no significant benefit on MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), the phase II WIRMS trial showed. However, about half of hookworm-treated participants and a ...