06 February 2006 18:30
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The cure for your allergy: a hookworm - The Observer
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A team of British scientists investigating whether a tiny tropical hookworm could provide a cure for asthma and hay fever have committed the ultimate act of bravery by infecting themselves with the parasite to observe the effects.
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