In what scientists are calling a world first, a 3-inch worm was found alive after doctors performed surgery on the brain of an Australian woman. The worm was pulled from a 64-year-old woman last year, ...

The experiment was a striking attempt to investigate weight control. For six weeks, a group of mice gorged on lard-enriched mouse chow, then scientists infected the mice with worms. The worms wriggled ...

Doctors suspect the patient accidentally ingested the roundworm's eggs while foraging for edible greens near her home. Hossain et al. / Emerging Infectious Diseases Doctors pulled a live, three-inch ...