Parasitic worms fix coeliac disease

[Deadsnipe]

[QUOTE=Hamsterman;17961464]If they help the host they're no longer parasitic are they?[/QUOTE]

Pretty sure a parasite that helps its host is a symbiote.

[xXDictatorXx]

I have a good chance of developing this as I have close relatives on both sides of my family with it. I will cry if I am diagnosed :(

But I don't know if I like the thought of worms living in my gut...

[R2Bl3nd]

[quote]They infected half of them with live human hookworms. [b]The parasites burrowed into participants' skin and entered the bloodstream after being applied to the forearm.

They then traveled via the lungs to the gut where they happily colonized.[/b][/quote]

Holy shit, that sounds really fucking scary.

Cool discovery though, I know a young girl who I think may have this otherwise incurable disease.

[ChaosUnleash]

If they fix shit, then let 'em in if you ask me.

[ORGLAR]

I wonder how effective insertion through the urethra would be.

[DrLuke]

I wonder how those worms react to antibiotics.

[professional]

These people posting that you'd do this happily, you do realize that hook worms are nasty fuckers that can cause a range of health problems?

[:smug:]

I want a colony of worms inside of me :saddowns:

Fucking gluten intolerants getting all the special treatment :argh:

[Wakka V2]

Very relevant and I want you guys to listen to it.

[url]http://audio.wnyc.org/radiolab/radiolab092509a.mp3[/url]

[StormHammer]

I for one welcome our new parasitic brethren. :science:

[Squeegy Mackoy]

[QUOTE=TailsPrower;17960705]How so? I'm not an expert, but aren't they around the same size?[/QUOTE]

Most certainly not.

The compare the hookworms in that picture to thr size of the villi they lie in. That's very small.

Now compare that to the mighty tapeworm:

[img]http://bio100.nicerweb.com/Locked/media/ch03/tapeworm.jpg[/img]

[Aries]

I saw this yesterday, but couldn't bring myself into clicking into it. I have some sort of phobia of a lot of visible parasites. That includes worms, tics, leeches, and lice. I literally have nightmares aobut pubic lice. I mean come on. They're near your dick, and they suck blood for fuck sake.

So I made myself click into this for the sake of knowledge, and all I can say is

[b]fuck. that.[/b]

[Deadsnipe]

[QUOTE=Aries;17981122]I saw this yesterday, but couldn't bring myself into clicking into it. I have some sort of phobia of a lot of visible parasites. That includes worms, tics, leeches, and lice. I literally have nightmares aobut pubic lice. I mean come on. They're near your dick, and they suck blood for fuck sake.

So I made myself click into this for the sake of knowledge, and all I can say is

[b]fuck. that.[/b][/QUOTE]

Stop being afraid of leeches, mosquitoes are way worse.

[Ickylevel]

Hey that's not news.

Goa-ulds makes you stronger.