Micro-worms to the Rescue?
Monday, March 9, 2009 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
Doctors are trying to treat the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS) with hookworms. Yes, worms. (You might be familiar with these types of tiny parasites from an incident with your cat or dog.) Ewwwww. But whatever works, right? Researchers at The University of Nottingham in the UK have recently announced their clinical trial ,in which 36 patients will receive the experimental worm treatment. read more