Lice can be nice to us

Friday, April 24, 2009 - 09:42 in Biology & Nature

Parasite infestations might have a good side. Wild mice from a Nottinghamshire forest have given experts at The University of Nottingham clues as to the importance of some parasites, such as lice, for the conditioning of a "natural" immune system.

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