US researchers have genetically modified hookworms to produce and secrete specific antibodies. This is a “first step” towards ...

Dr. Kate Elden, DVM, is a veterinary leader and chief medical officer at Dutch. She is driven by a lifelong belief in the power of the human-animal bond—shaped early by grow… Hookworms may be tiny, ...

Hookworms, intestinal parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people in under-resourced tropical regions around the ...

In a first, researchers genetically modified hookworms. It’s a step toward turning the parasites into living pharmacies.

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers modified a human hookworm and got it to manufacture and secrete functional human antibodies inside a living host. As a proof of concept, they engineered the ...

Hookworms—parasitic roundworms—infect nearly 500 million people worldwide, especially in under-resourced tropical places. 1 These stout, nearly one-centimeter-long, J-shaped worms latch onto the inner ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to research published in the International Journal of Parasitology. Scientists at The University of Queensland ...

Bioengineered parasites could serve as long-term drug factories for hosts, new research suggests. Hookworms, intestinal parasites that infect hundreds of millions of people in under-resourced tropical ...

Prior infection by a parasitic hookworm has been shown to protect mice from severe SARS-CoV-2 disease, offering a potential explanation as to why certain human populations seemed to fare better during ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists at The University of Queensland and The University of Sydney have identified ...