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World-first human trial: Experimental hookworm infection led to improvements in type 2 diabetes patients
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World-first human trial: Experimental hookworm infection led to improvements in type 2 diabetes patients

by James Cook University Impact of experimental hookworm infection on body mass. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40263-4 A world-first human trial at James Cook University using live hookworms to combat diseases such as type 2 diabetes has proven successful—sparking interest in staging a larger-scale international trial. Dr. Doris Pierce from JCU’s Australian Institute of Tropical Health and...