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Worm-Inspired Treatments Inch Toward the Clinic

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This article originally appeared in Knowable Magazine. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled beneath the animals’ skin, migrated to blood vessels that surround the intestines, and started laying eggs.Bruno Guigas, a mo…

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Worm-Inspired Treatments Inch Toward the Clinic

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are at work to turn the findings into therapies. Knowable Magazine

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