Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the ...

These therapeutics can target and silence disease-causing genes with high precision, minimizing off-target effects and improving treatment outcomes ... for medical use in humans.

Roundworm infection, or toxocariasis, is a zoonotic disease — a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. Dogs and cats are the definitive hosts for the roundworm species that ...