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πŸͺπŸͺ± A #hookworm can survive in the human gut for years. Researchers from πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ @washumedicine.bsky.social have now harnessed that biological mechanism for potential human benefit, engineering a hookworm to produce and deliver a πŸ’Š drug within a living host.
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Bioengineered parasites could serve as long-term drug factories for hosts
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Bioengineered hookworms could serve as drug factories inside the gut
Healthcare in Europe