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More importantly than implants, a better understanding of the immune response against worms would help the development of vaccines. There are other parasitic wo
by ufo 10y ago
More 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...