A world-first human trial at James Cook University using live hookworms to combat diseases such as type 2 diabetes has proven successful—sparking interest in staging a larger-scale international trial ...

Owing to these severe risks to both mothers and infants, since 1994 the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommend hookworm treatment during pregnancy in endemic areas. Despite this recommendation, ...

PARIS (AFP) ― Scientists said they had unraveled the genome of the hookworm, paving the way for better remedies against the disease-causing parasite that infects about 700 million people. An ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, researchers in the United States of America (USA) and Canada found molecular evidence that the parasitic hookworms (Ancylostoma caninum) in ...

"We're calling for a shift toward targeted, risk-based treatment to curb the spread of resistant hookworm. "Responsible doctors don't give blanket antibiotics to any and all of their patients, and ...

The interior of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais is gorgeous. Soaring black stone cliffs jut out from rolling hills. It's dry and dusty in early October, but vegetation is still lush. On small ...