'Warrior worms' discovered in snails; Scientists see possible biomedical applications

Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 08:28 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have discovered a caste of genetically identical "warrior worms" -- members of a parasitic fluke species that invades the California horn snail. The findings are reported in the early online version of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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