Why Alex infected himself with blood-sucking hookworms, and kept them
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- Researchers have long been dazzled by the idea of transforming parasites into treatments for conditions ranging from asthma to arthritis.S1S2
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Why Alex infected himself with blood-sucking hookworms, and kept them
Researchers have long been dazzled by the idea of transforming parasites into treatments for conditions ranging from asthma to arthritis.
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