Brain Worm
How to fight a tapeworm in the brain
There are lethal diseases around the world caused by parasites that get into the body and attack the vital organs. Doctors in Mexico have found a new way to kill the parasite before it kills its host.
Taenia solium, or the pork tapeworm, is one of the world's most dangerous parasites. It can lodge in the brain tissue where it can cause seizures and even death. It has now been successfully been raised outside the body. This is hugely useful to researchers, who can now experiment with how best to kill it.
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