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, ...

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 10 years old. Training and maintaining balanced immune function, a corollary of their effort to resist expulsion from the body. Helping maintain diverse, beneficial ...

Parasitic worms could hold the key to living longer and free of chronic disease, according to a review article published today in the open-access eLife journal. The review looks at the growing ...

According to the World Health Organization, more than 1 billion people are infected with parasitic helminths worldwide, but the prevention and treatment of helminth infection remain challenging.

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, ...

Research has suggested that the absence of parasite infections may be linked to an increased prevalence of inflammatory conditions. According to a new review of existing studies, parasites may have ...

Every two weeks, Alex Chinitz swallows the strangest of brews: fruit juice with 20 to 30 larvae of Hymenolepis diminuta mixed in. That fancy Latin word is the name of a helminth—a tapeworm, to be ...

New research looked at if exposure to pathogens, in particular helminths, can stimulate the immune system and reduce predisposition for inflammatory bowel disease. According to the World Health ...

Parasitic worms could hold the key to living longer and free of chronic disease, according to a review article. Parasitic worms could hold the key to living longer and free of chronic disease, ...