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Study of helminths in their natural habitat
David Pritchard knew this backstory when he first came to Karkar in the late 80s-a small island with an active […]
Lack of asthma in rural Africa
Three decades before Pritchard contracted hookworm, a British explorer named Richard Godfrey was traveling in the Gambia, a small country […]
What is Asthma?
In 2004, parasitologist David Pritchard applied a wet piece of gauze to his left forearm. This dressing contained an unknown […]
Where to find a parasite that was once ubiquitous?
In 2003, around the time Weinstock was assembling his first volunteers to test Trichuris suis, a twenty-three-year-old young man from […]
Is Pig Helminth Safe for Humans?
However, not everyone believed that Weinstock’s helminths were safe. Some data obtained in animal experiments suggested that helminths that shift […]
How a young woman was cured of an incurable disease
In the summer of 2002, a young woman on vacation in Central America began to experience a series of curious […]
A medicine that has no equal
When Weinstock smiles, his face takes on a playful, almost mischievous expression. Weinstock likes to say that science is based […]
Where did the intestinal inflammation come from?
In 1859, a judge sentenced a London doctor, Thomas Smethurst, to death by hanging for the murder of his beloved, […]
Parasites that treat the intestines
In the summer of 1995, Joel Weinstock got stuck on a plane that wasn’t going anywhere. A thunderstorm raged over […]