New research from the University of California, Riverside suggests mammals have regulatory systems in place that lower the body’s immune response to a parasitic infection, such as hookworm, instead of ...

It's been a long-accepted reality that with age comes increased inflammation – so widely accepted it's been dubbed "inflammaging." With this increase in age-related chronic inflammation also comes ...

In an advance that may potentially lead to new treatments for parasitic hookworms, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and Cornell University have sequenced the genome of the ...

HOOKWORMS AND FRIENDS>> Peter Hotez, the director of the Sabin Institute's Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative, is prominent in Merrill Goozner's feature on the initiative's trials now getting underway ...

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 ...