Share of Cost, Hookworms And Allergies, Doctor Infects Himself For Experiment
Saturday, Jan. 19th 2013 4:12 PM
In the first experiment of its kind to test the suggestion that hookworm infection can reduce some allergic responses, a UK doctor who specializes in medical entomology, infected himself with the parasite and then swallowed a pill camera to film the effect on his intestines.
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