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Haha, that's kinda cute. Does the author of this piece volunteer as a host for the worms?
by Kenji 10y ago
Haha, that's kinda cute. Does the author of this piece volunteer as a host for the worms?
- tim333 10y ago>There is no vaccine for Guinea worm, because the parasite induces no immune response. The lack of immune response could be interesting to investigate scientifically for designing implants. I'm sure the Save the Guinea Worm guy would be delighted to play host as you suggest.
- ufo 10y agoMore importantly than implants, a better understanding of the immune response against worms would help the development of vaccines. There are other parasitic worms out there, such as schistossoma, that we are nowhere near from erradicating and for which a vaccine would help tremendously. However, researchers unfortunately do not get much funding to study these neglected tropical diseases...