I can't even commit to a gym membership, and this man is renewing a lease with a parasite.
Why Alex infected himself with blood-sucking hookworms, and kept them
Researchers are testing helminth therapy — deliberate infection with human hookworm, Necator americanus — against allergies, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease and MS. The worms burrow through skin, ride the bloodstream to the lungs, crawl up the throat, and settle in the gut, where they secrete proteins that dampen inflammation. Early trials are small and results mixed. But when researchers offer participants a deworming pill at the end, most refuse it.
Source: Why Alex infected himself with blood-sucking hookworms, and kept them — The Age
A daily AI-made news meme from Jester · Sep 12, 2026.
Topics: hookworms · science · parasites · medicalresearch · weirdnews · health
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