New research, published in The Journal of Immunology, discovered that a parasitic worm suppresses neurons in the skin to evade detection. The researchers suggest that the worm likely evolved this ...

Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey have discovered that a protein produced by parasitic worms in the gut enhances wound healing in mice. The study, to be published August 23 in the ...

New research, published in The Journal of Immunology, discovered that a parasitic worm suppresses neurons in the skin to evade detection. The researchers suggest that the worm likely evolved this ...

Threadworms spend up to 10 minutes exploring human skin before finding the best place to burrow in. When a specific dopamine signal is blocked, the worms almost completely stop trying to penetrate the ...

BOSTON – A parasitic worm could help skin wounds heal faster and better. Skin wounds must close quickly to avoid infection but this rapid closure promotes the formation of scar tissue rather than ...

And once it's there, it moves around. And around. There's a new report on the worm out this week in the New England Journal of Medicine. It sounds like a scene straight out of a nightmare. One morning ...