Pig whipworm genome may aid to treat autoimmune diseases Date: June 20, 2014 Source: BGI Shenzhen Summary: The whole-genome sequence of Trichuris suis, a parasitic worm in pig, has been presented ...

When investigating how pig whipworm regulates the host immune response, researchers explored the stage-, sex- and tissue-specific transcription of mRNAs and small noncoding RNAs.

“Wild boars were probably attracted to human settlements as people started settling down and began growing their own food,” ...

Pig whipworm clinical trials are also planned or underway for ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and type 1 diabetes, all of which are thought to arise from an over-active immune ...

Dr. Weinstock noted that they could not study the human whipworm, T. trichiura, for ethical reasons, so they administered the porcine equivalent. When subjects swallow the pig whipworm ova ...

Mitchell Spinnell, a gastroenterologist at Holy Name Medical Center and Englewood Hospital, is part of a national study to see whether pig whipworm eggs can safely and effectively Crohn's Disease ...

This post has been corrected. Please see below for details. Massachusetts researchers are beginning a clinical trial using eggs from the pig whipworm parasite Trichuris suis to modulate the ...

One group will get 7,500 pig whip worm eggs for 12 weeks. The second will get a placebo. The study will also offer an optional extension for patients completing the double-blind phase of the study.

If you had a chronic and potentially debilitating condition such as rheumatoid arthritis or Crohn's disease, and swallowing the eggs of a pig parasite could help, would you do it?

Herbert Smith says whipworms helped keep his Crohn's disease under control. Sept. 5, 2012— -- Eight years ago, New Yorker Herbert Smith did the unthinkable -- he swallowed thousands of pig ...

Even so, the 37-year-old mother from Maryland Heights isn’t so hot about the idea of ingesting the eggs of pig whipworms to treat the condition. “I’m not sure I’d want …,” she paused.