Saturday 13 November 2010

Got allergies ?Take a Worm

Amplify’d from news.discovery.com

Got Allergies? Take a Worm

"Biotherapy" treats everything from irritable bowel disease to allergies with maggots, leeches and intestinal worms.



Leeches
  • Advocates of "biotherapy," the use of animals as medical treatments, are meeting in Los Angeles.
  • Clinical practitioners have been reluctant to adopt these treatments, but supporters say the science is on their side.
  • Many parasites evolved alongside people and are essentially bio-engineered for humans.
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