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 globe, have evolved to survive inside the human gut for years, secreting ...

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 ...

Jasper Lawrence isn't the typical salesman: He sells parasites for $2,999. People can purchase worms through his company, Autoimmune Therapies, where customers have the choice of swallowing "a dose of ...

A parasite is one step closer to becoming a drug dispensary. Using CRISPR-based gene editing, scientists have engineered hookworms that live in the human gut to make an antibody against a deadly toxin ...

Learn how engineered hookworms produced toxin-fighting antibodies inside animal hosts, opening the door to a new kind of long-term drug delivery. Hookworms are usually known for causing disease, not ...

We already live in symbiosis with bacteria — why not take it a step further? In a groundbreaking new study, researchers modified a human hookworm and got it to manufacture and secrete functional human ...

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 ...

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 ...

Canine hookworms are becoming increasingly resistant to drugs across Australia, according to new research. Scientists have identified widespread resistance to benzimidazole-based dewormers which are ...