Parasitic hookworm therapy had no significant benefit on MRI in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), the phase II WIRMS trial showed. However, about half of hookworm-treated participants and a ...

Some parasites "turn down" the host's immune response, and evidence suggests that helminth infection can help patients suffering from allergies, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis, ...

David Pritchard and Jasper Lawrence did something disgusting: They purposely infected themselves with hookworms. Pritchard, a British immunologist-biologist, did so to test a medical theory. Lawrence, ...

Are intestinal worms the next probiotic? Some scientists think so. A growing body of research suggests that infection with helminths, or parasitic worms, may help balance the immune system and reduce ...

Immunotherapy refers to therapy that is given to induce, improve, or suppress the immune system in an effort to treat certain diseases. One experimental form of immunotherapy is the treatment of ...

This article is more than 9 years old. Training and maintaining balanced immune function, a corollary of their effort to resist expulsion from the body. Helping maintain diverse, beneficial microbiota ...

Evolving understanding of the role of helminths in the pathogenesis of autoimmunity has led to the development of novel therapeutic interventions that are showing promise in patients with ...

A growing body of research is suggesting that parasitic worms could in fact have a positive effect on our immune system. A new study is bolstering that hypothesis, finding in animal experiments that a ...