What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial assessed the effect of treating patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis with a therapeutic hookworm infection compared with placebo. Some studies have suggested that gut worms induce immune responses that can protect against multiple sclerosis.
Authors: Cris S. Constantinescu, M.D., Ph.D., and David I. Pritchard, Ph.D., of the University of Nottingham in Nottingham, England, are the corresponding authors.
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