Early trials suggest a host of allergies and autoimmune ailments could be treated with worm therapy, or infection with live worm-like parasites. But will it ever reach the clinic? Jim Turk initially ...

Hint: It offered a slight chance of rebooting his damaged immune system. About ten years ago, Jim Turk was going to graduate school at the University of Wisconsin Madison, while working full-time, ...

Here's a disgusting version of the game "would you rather" for your Wednesday afternoon: Lose your colon? Or swallow 1,500 worms? In 2004, a 36-year-old California man faced that unappetizing ...

University of Utah biologists found a gene that controls rhythmic events in a worm's life: swallowing food, laying eggs and pooping. The same of related genes may control rhythmic behaviors in humans ...

University of Utah biologists found a gene that controls rhythmic events in a worm's life: swallowing food, laying eggs and pooping. If the gene is disabled, the worms can't swallow, so they die. If ...