They’re Hosting Parasitic Worms in Their Bodies to Help Treat a Neglected Disease

Seventeen volunteers in the Netherlands have agreed to host parasitic worms in their bodies for 12 weeks in order to help advance research toward a vaccine for schistosomiasis, a chronic disease that afflicts more than 200 million people a year, killing thousands, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and South America. (source: nytimes.com)

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