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 ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...

The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate ...

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.

Having a worm control plan is often overlooked, but with anthelmintics resistance on the rise and becoming a real threat to lamb production, it is a fundamental tool for achieving good rates of ...

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.

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 ...