Efforts to control helminth parasitism in ourselves and the animals we rely on for food, work and companionship require contemporary approaches and tools for understanding the genetic basis of their ...

The answer, as it happens, may lie in parasitic worms. Estimates for how many genes are shared between helminths and plants are likely to be similar. But there is clearly something special about ...

There are three classes of helminth parasites, namely nematodes (round worms), cestodes (tape worms), and trematodes (represented by human flukes such as Schistosoma mansoni). Experimental studies in ...

This is called helminthic therapy. Helminths are thought to help treat these diseases by inhibiting the body’s immune response, which in turn reduces inflammation. To begin the treatment ...