Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

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Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

The eggs provide nutrients and shelter for the worms, and in turn, the worms facilitate an increased hatch rate for the squid embryos, suggesting a symbiotic relationship between the organisms ...

A 35-year-old man who couldn't pass urine learned that the cause of his obstruction was a giant worm living in his kidney.

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Science | June 12, 2025 8:00 a.m.. How Worm-Inspired Treatments Are Inching Their Way Toward the Clinic. Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes.